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Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022

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Sustainable Development Goals Ser.

Print version: Uitto, Juha I. Transformational Change for People and the Planet Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783030788520

Judging Transformation, the Challenge of Relativism -- Context Ascribes Value and Meaning to the Concepts of Transformation -- Changes in Evaluation Production and Emphasis -- Case Studies on the Evaluation-Transformation Nexus -- South Africa National Department of Land Affairs and Public Service Commission -- The Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Program: Some Strategic Choices -- Learning from Both Managerial Roles -- Some Conclusions -- Challenge on the Exclusivity of Judgment -- Reflecting on Transformation Drivers -- The Enabling Environment for Transformation -- Political Will and Leadership Support -- The Post-Normal or COVID-19 Era -- References -- Transformational Change for Achieving Scale: Lessons for a Greener Recovery -- Introduction -- A Framework for Transformational Change and Achieving Scale ---

Drivers of Change -- Clear Ambition in Design -- Addressing Market and System Reforms Through Policies -- Quality of Project Design and Implementation -- Mechanisms for Financial Sustainability.

Judging Transformation, the Challenge of Relativism -- Context Ascribes Value and Meaning to the Concepts of Transformation -- Changes in Evaluation Production and Emphasis -- Case Studies on the Evaluation-Transformation Nexus -- South Africa National Department of Land Affairs and Public Service Commission -- The Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Program: Some Strategic Choices -- Learning from Both Managerial Roles -- Some Conclusions -- Challenge on the Exclusivity of Judgment -- Reflecting on Transformation Drivers -- The Enabling Environment for Transformation -- Political Will and Leadership Support -- The Post-Normal or COVID-19 Era -- References -- Transformational Change for Achieving Scale: Lessons for a Greener Recovery -- Introduction -- A Framework for Transformational Change and Achieving Scale ---

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- About the Authors -- Transformational Change for People and the Planet: Evaluating Environment and Development - Introduction -- Background -- State of Development Evaluation -- The Sustainability Context -- What It Means for Evaluation -- About This Book -- References -- Part I: Transformational Change -- Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning from Practice -- Evaluation Must Respond to Global Signals to Be Relevant -- Redefinition in the COVID-19 Crisis: Evaluators Are Not Isolated from Changes -- Challenges to Evaluation as a Practice and Form of Transformation -- The Exploratory Nature of This Chapter -- Changes to the Evaluation-Transformation Relationships over Time -- The Crisis Context and Potential Loss of Judgement Proprietorship ---

Climate Resilience -- Integrated Resource Management Through Ridge to Reef -- Blue Economy -- Protected Areas.

Evidence Saturation -- Coding Results -- Realist Evaluation as a Framework.

How Are Sustainability and Impact Defined? -- The Limits of Terminal Evaluations -- Methodology -- Findings -- How Is Sustainability Being Captured? -- How Effectively Is Sustainability Being Captured? -- Project Evaluability -- Resources -- Local Ownership and Partnerships -- Capacity Building -- Emerging Sustainability -- Benchmarks, Risks, and Resilience -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Impacts) -- Uncertainty and Likelihood Estimates -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix -- Projects Discussed in Chapter -- References -- Part III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- Introduction -- Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance -- The Evaluation of the Carbon Market Finance Programme -- Overview of Methodology -- Realist Evaluation as an Approach -- Hypothesis Development -- Coding System ---

Benefits of the Applied Approach -- Challenges of the Applied Approach -- Improving the Methodology -- Bottom-Up Formulation of ICMO Statements -- Increasing Traceability of Causality by Tailoring the Coding to the Mechanism -- Increasing Variability of Contextual Factors -- Summary of the Modified Methodology -- Conclusion -- References -- Evaluation’s Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad -- Introduction -- Project Background -- Evaluation Findings -- Project Performance -- Relevance -- Effectiveness -- Efficiency -- Sustainability -- Project Coordination and Management -- Gender Mainstreaming -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Conclusions -- Value of Evaluation in Development Projects -- Appendix: Methodology -- Sampling Methods and Data Collection -- Desk Review -- Qualitative Methods -- Quantitative Methods -- Site Visits ---

Land Use Management -- Invasive Alien Species -- Chemicals and Waste -- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency -- Performance and Sustainability of GEF Projects in SIDS -- Sustainability -- Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Outcomes in SIDS -- Institutional Capacity, Environmental Awareness, and Economic Pressure -- GEF’s Overall Additionality in SIDS -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Projects Discussed in Chap. 7 -- References -- Resources -- Assessing Sustainability in Development Interventions -- The Problem -- The Environment as a Closed System -- Catalyzing Capabilities to Ensure Sustainable Outcomes and Impacts -- Postprogram Evaluation -- Dairy Development Asset Transfer-Malawi -- Environmental Effects -- Discussion -- References -- Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results -- Measuring Impact and Sustainability ---

Standards Need to Shift to Evaluating Against Collective Achievement of Sustainability Goals, and Away from Likely Contributions by Partitioned Organizations and Interventions.

Climate Resilience -- Integrated Resource Management Through Ridge to Reef -- Blue Economy -- Protected Areas.

Data Analysis Methods and Reporting -- Appendix References -- References -- Enabling Systems Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring the Role for MEL -- Introduction -- Study Purpose and Approach -- Complexity, Systems Innovation, and CCA -- CCA, Complex Systems, and Innovation: Evolution to the Present Day -- Systems Innovation-The CCA Future -- MEL’s Role in Enabling Systems Innovation for CCA -- Seven Directions of Change for the CCA MEL Community -- Conclusion -- References -- Assessing the Evaluability of Adaptation-Focused Interventions: Lessons from the Adaptation Fund -- Introduction -- Background to Adaptation Fund -- History and Purpose of Evaluability Assessment -- Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation -- Study Objectives -- Assessment Approach -- Framework Development -- Process for Implementation -- Analysis ---

Evidence Saturation -- Coding Results -- Realist Evaluation as a Framework.

Factors that Facilitate Sustainability -- Financial Support for Follow-Up -- Political Support -- Follow-Up by, and Capacities of, Executing Partner -- Stakeholder Buy-In -- Project Design -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Completed GEF-funded Projects with Postcompletion Evaluation -- References -- From the Big Picture to Detailed Observation: The Case of the GEF IEO’s Strategic Country Cluster Evaluations -- Introduction -- Challenges and Opportunities in IEO Complex Evaluations -- The Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation Concept -- Applications of the SCCE Approach -- Methodological Considerations -- Geospatial Analysis Following Project Field Visits -- Lessons from the SCCE Experience -- References -- Staying Small and Beautiful: Enhancing Sustainability in the Small Island Developing States -- Introduction -- Environmental Challenges in SIDS -- GEF Interventions in SIDS ---

How Are Sustainability and Impact Defined? -- The Limits of Terminal Evaluations -- Methodology -- Findings -- How Is Sustainability Being Captured? -- How Effectively Is Sustainability Being Captured? -- Project Evaluability -- Resources -- Local Ownership and Partnerships -- Capacity Building -- Emerging Sustainability -- Benchmarks, Risks, and Resilience -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Impacts) -- Uncertainty and Likelihood Estimates -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix -- Projects Discussed in Chapter -- References -- Part III: Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- Introduction -- Using a Realist Framework to Overcome Evaluation Challenges in the Uncertain Landscape of Carbon Finance -- The Evaluation of the Carbon Market Finance Programme -- Overview of Methodology -- Realist Evaluation as an Approach -- Hypothesis Development -- Coding System ---

Logic and Additionality of Adaptation Projects -- Relevance to Evaluability -- Adaptation-Specific Evaluability Considerations -- Findings.

Benefits of the Applied Approach -- Challenges of the Applied Approach -- Improving the Methodology -- Bottom-Up Formulation of ICMO Statements -- Increasing Traceability of Causality by Tailoring the Coding to the Mechanism -- Increasing Variability of Contextual Factors -- Summary of the Modified Methodology -- Conclusion -- References -- Evaluation’s Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad -- Introduction -- Project Background -- Evaluation Findings -- Project Performance -- Relevance -- Effectiveness -- Efficiency -- Sustainability -- Project Coordination and Management -- Gender Mainstreaming -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Conclusions -- Value of Evaluation in Development Projects -- Appendix: Methodology -- Sampling Methods and Data Collection -- Desk Review -- Qualitative Methods -- Quantitative Methods -- Site Visits ---

Evidence Base and Baselines: Natural vs. Human Systems -- Relevance to Evaluability -- Adaptation-Specific Evaluability Considerations -- Findings -- Resources Allocated to MEL: Direct vs. Indirect -- Relevance to Evaluability -- Adaptation-Specific Evaluability Considerations -- Findings -- Potential for Postcompletion Evaluation -- Relevance to Evaluability -- Adaptation-Specific Evaluability Considerations -- Findings -- Reflections on the EA Tool Development and Implementation -- Conclusions -- References -- Evaluating Transformational Adaptation in Smallholder Farming: Insights from an Evidence Review -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Key Messages Emerging from the Evidence Synthesis -- Scaling Up Transformative Adaptation Pathways -- Transformative Knowledge Management -- Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Landscape Approaches in Smallholder Farming -- Policy Shortcomings -- Implications for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning -- Future Role of Evidence Reviews in Programmatic Evaluation -- References -- Part IV: Evaluation Approaches -- Introduction -- Evaluation at the Endgame: Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs by Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture -- Introduction -- Taking Stock on Evaluation Practice and Resources on Sustainability -- Dominion, Accountability, and Institutional Capture -- Dominion -- Accountability -- Institutional Capture -- Sustainability-Ready Evaluation -- How Can Evaluation Contribute to Checkmating Extinction? -- Recognizing Natural Systems as the Foundation for the Human System Means Adding the Natural System Perspective to All Evaluation Criteria -- Evaluation Standards Will Emphasize Achieving the Larger Goals Identified as Central to Checkmating Extinction.

Land Use Management -- Invasive Alien Species -- Chemicals and Waste -- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency -- Performance and Sustainability of GEF Projects in SIDS -- Sustainability -- Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Outcomes in SIDS -- Institutional Capacity, Environmental Awareness, and Economic Pressure -- GEF’s Overall Additionality in SIDS -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Projects Discussed in Chap. 7 -- References -- Resources -- Assessing Sustainability in Development Interventions -- The Problem -- The Environment as a Closed System -- Catalyzing Capabilities to Ensure Sustainable Outcomes and Impacts -- Postprogram Evaluation -- Dairy Development Asset Transfer-Malawi -- Environmental Effects -- Discussion -- References -- Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results -- Measuring Impact and Sustainability ---

Scaling-Up -- Factors Influencing Transformative Change and Scaling-Up -- Example 1: Transformative and Effectively Scaled Up: Lighting Africa - Market-Based Solutions for Energy Access -- Example 2: Review, Ownership, and Partnering: Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Danube Basin -- Adoption of the Intervention -- Sustained Support for Scaling-Up Processes -- Learning for Adaptability and Cost-Effectiveness -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Projects Discussed in This Chapter -- References -- Part II: Drivers of Sustainability -- Introduction -- Reference -- Sustainability After Project Completion: Evidence from the GEF -- Introduction -- Understanding Sustainability -- Analytical Framework -- Data -- Methodology -- Screening and Review -- Assessment Approach -- Limitations -- Findings -- Sustainability During Postcompletion Period -- Broader Adoption and Sustainability ---

Standards Need to Shift to Evaluating Against Collective Achievement of Sustainability Goals, and Away from Likely Contributions by Partitioned Organizations and Interventions.

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