Jindra Cekan, PhDGrow the .002%It seems like ‘fake news’ that after decades of global development so few evaluations would have peered back in time to see what was…Oct 29Oct 29
Jindra Cekan, PhDEvaluating global aid projects ex-post closure: Evaluability… and how-to via Sustainability…How do we evaluate projects ex-post, and are all projects evaluable after donors leave? How do we learn from project documents to ascertain…Jul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023
Jindra Cekan, PhDValuing Voices: Why The 2030 Agenda Starts with ‘Them’Jindra Cekan, PhD, Carolien de Bruin and Peter Kimeu (published Feb 2018)Nov 3, 2021Nov 3, 2021
Jindra Cekan, PhD5 Ways to Foster Sustainability and Resilience to Climate Changeby Omar Abdou, M.A. and Jindra Cekan/ova, Ph.DOct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
Jindra Cekan, PhDAid providers: More puzzle pieces, including unexpected outcomes; ours is not the whole pictureWhen we did our first ex-post evaluation/ delayed final evaluation in 2006 in Niger for Lutheran World Relief (LWR) funded by the Bill &…Sep 25, 2021Sep 25, 2021
Jindra Cekan, PhDSustained Exit? Prove it or Improve it!Do we exit global development projects knowing our impacts are sustained? We hope so. As Professor Bea Rogers of Tufts said after…Oct 27, 20201Oct 27, 20201
Jindra Cekan, PhD“Impactful” Investments? Will investments change lives or just bottom lines?Needs are growing in the developing world and blended finance[1], including Impact Investing[2], with the “intention to generate positive…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Jindra Cekan, PhDHoliday Hallelujahs and my Wish List for Sustained Impact(s)There are six bright Hallelujahs on the sustained impact journey this Holiday. I’ve paired each of them by a wish, so appropriate this…Dec 18, 2018Dec 18, 2018
Jindra Cekan, PhDAssuming Sustainability and Impact is Dangerous to Development (+ OECD/ DAC evaluation criteria)We all do it; well, I used to do it too. I used to assume that if I helped my field staff and partners target and design funded projects…Oct 23, 2018Oct 23, 2018
Jindra Cekan, PhDPublic and Private paths to Sustained Global Development ImpactsSix years. That’s how long ago I have been researching proof of sustained impact(s) through its ex-post project evaluation. Until now…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018