By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have put agencies primarily responsible for military actions in charge of nation building. These activities are hence conducted through the lens of their respective agencies, which…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Defense Department Needs More Civilian Evaluators, Community Developers
March 6, 2013 By
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Time Again to Refocus
January 22, 2013 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
The beginning of the year always seems to be a time for personal reflection and goal-setting. For me, New Year’s day 2013 was spent in labor preparing for the birth of my second child, Joseph Tiberius (JT – and yes to all th…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: I’m Going to Build Me Some Capacity
September 19, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
In part 2 of my contribution to the development phrases diatribe started by WhyDev, I would like to tackle the phrase capacity building. Admittedly, I am in the field of capacity development. I worked as a capacity builder …
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Another Year with the Community Solutions Program
August 14, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
I’m pleased to announce that this week is the first module of the online strategic planning and evaluation course that I am teaching for the IREX Community Solutions Program. This is my second year with the program and I co…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Olympic Impacts Leave Communities Wanting
August 7, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
With the world’s attention on the Olympics it’s a good time to think about the impacts, positive and negative, of sports mega-events like this. London has hosted the games and other mega-sports events in the past and understan…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Occupy on My Mind
July 16, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
After a short, computer issue-related hiatus, I am back blogging about my work, participatory practices and evaluation. I’ve spent the last week reviewing the participation action evaluation project I conducted with the Occup…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Impact Evaluation RCTs and Community Development
April 25, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
I generally question the ethics of randomized control trials (RCTs) in the impact evaluation of community development initiatives. While I understand their usefulness in the development of econometric measures, I think givi…
Participatory Evaluation Forum - Refocus Institute: Impact Evaluation RCTs and Community Development
April 25, 2012 By
By: Cindy Banyai, Ph.D.
I generally question the ethics of randomized control trials (RCTs) in the impact evaluation of community development initiatives. While I understand their usefulness in the development of econometric measures, I think givi…