Type of Document Dissertation Author Oliver, Monica LaBelle Author's Email Address bla1@student.gsu.edu URN etd-10022008-092105 Title Evaluation of Emergency Response: Humanitarian Aid Agencies and Evaluation Influence Degree Ph.D. Department Public Administration and Urban Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. William L. Waugh Committee Chair Dr. Gary T. Henry Committee Member Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley Committee Member Dr. Kent Glenzer Committee Member Dr. Kim D. Reimann Committee Member Keywords
- evaluation influence
- evaluation use
- NGOs
- evaluation
Date of Defense 2008-04-16 Availability unrestricted Abstract Organizational development is a central purpose of evaluation. Disasters and other emergency situations carry with them significant implications for evaluation, given that they are often unanticipated and involve multiple relief efforts on the part of INGOs, governments and international organizations. Two particularly common reasons for INGOs to evaluate disaster relief efforts are 1) accountability to donors and 2) desire to enhance the organization's response capacity. This thesis endeavors briefly to review the state of the evaluation field for disaster relief so as to reflect on how it needs to go forward. The conclusion is that evaluation of disaster relief efforts is alive and well. Though evaluation for accountability seems fairly straightforward, determining just how the evaluation influences the organization and beyond is not. Evaluation use has long been a central thread of discussion in evaluation theory, with the richer idea of evaluation influence only recently taking the stage. Evaluation influence takes the notion of evaluation use a few steps further by offering more complex, subtle, and sometimes unintentional ways that an evaluation might positively better a situation. This study contributes to the very few empirical studies of evaluation influence by looking at one organization.Files
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