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Join Dr. David Wand as he takes you on a provocative, investigative journey challenging Canadian & American international development organizations as well as international organizations to improve their performance measurement frameworks (PMFs) or Activity Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) Plans. In Season 1, part 1 of the episode, Dr. Wand will introduce you to an international development organization and one of its projects where flaws in their PMF will be identified. In part 2 of the episode, the international development organization and evaluation experts will be invited to discuss Dr. Wand's critique and offer solutions to improving the evaluation of the project. For Season 2, Dr. Wand expands the scope of his podcast to include USA government funded international development projects by acquiring Activity Monitoring Evaluation Learning Plans (MEL Plans) or their equivalent as well as continue acquiring Canada government funded international development projects that req
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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin Dr. David Wand as he takes you on a provocative, investigative journey challenging Canadian & American international development organizations as well as international organizations to improve their performance measurement frameworks (PMFs) or Activity Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) Plans. In Season 1, part 1 of the episode, Dr.
Improving Development Evaluation is hosted by David Wand. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "GCERF post evaluation fails to show effectiveness in countering violent extremism in Nigeria" (24 June 2026, 35 minutes), "Humber Polytechnic International Development Institute fails to properly evaluate its $2 Million Kenya & Ethiopia STEM Education for Empowerment project" (19 June 2026, 42 minutes), and "GCERF fails to validly measure rehabilitation of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters - Western Balkans" (1 June 2026, 29 minutes).
Improving Development Evaluation publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 32 episodes.
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David Wand hosts Improving Development Evaluation, a business podcast with 32 episodes published.
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In this episode, Dr. Wand explains how a poorly designed evaluation framework with invalid outcome indicators leads to a post-project evaluation that fails to demonstrate effectiveness in countering violent extremism in...
<p>In this episode, Dr. Wand reviews the Humber Polytechnic International Development Institute (https://humber.ca/global/international-development-institute-idi) $2 Million Kenya & Ethiopia STEM Education for...
<p>The Global Community Engagement Resilience Fund (GCERF) (gcerf.org) has been funding organizations in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia to deliver psychological services to Returning Foreign...
<p>In this episode, Dr. Wand thanks the Global Community Engagement Resilience Fund (GCERF) (gcerf.org) for 'improving development evaluation' by, six years later, finally publishing their results frameworks, including...
<p>In this episode, Dr. Wand reviews the Humber Polytechnic International Development Institute (https://humber.ca/global/international-development-institute-idi) $4.9 Million Bhutan Education and Skills Training...
<p>In this episode we review the $41 Million World Vision Canada project (www.worldvisioncanada.ca) entitled Realizing Gender Equality, Attitudinal Change, and Transformative Systems in Nutrition. More information about...
<p>Please sign the petition here https://www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid to have the Government of Canada require all Canadian taxpayer funded international development organizations release on their websites their...
<p>In this episode, the Global Community Engagement Resilience Fund (GCERF) (www.gcerf.org) fails to evaluate the effectiveness of its $ 1.1 Million USD received from Global Affairs Canada. GCERF claims to be achieving...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Oxfam to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Wand reviews the Performance Measurement Frameworks...
<p>In this episode, the Global Community Engagement Resilience Fund (www.gcerf.org) fails to evaluate its $ 5 Million USD received from the United States Agency for International Development. Although GCERF claims on...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Doctors of the World to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Wand reviews the Government of...
<p>Sign the petition here to require UNFPA to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Wand reviews the Government of Canada-funded $10 Million...
Improving Development Evaluation
<p>In this trailer, Dr. Wand outlines the following focus and changes in format and content for Season 2:</p>The focus of the this podcast is to expose those Government of Canada funded international development...
<p>Sign the petition here to require UNDP to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 8, part 2, Dr. Wand critiques the UNDP Performance Measurement...
<p>Sign the petition here to require UNDP to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 8, part 1, Dr. Wand critiques the UNDP Performance Measurement...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Equitas to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 7, part 3, Dr. Wand continues his discussion with evaluation...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Equitas to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 7, part 2, Dr. Wand discusses with evaluation expert Yvonne...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Equitas to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 7, part 1, Dr. Wand critiques the Equitas Performance...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Colleges & Institutes Canada to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 6, part 2, Dr. Wand discusses with...
<p>Sign the petition here to require Colleges & Institutes Canada to put all its PMFs and related data on its website:</p><p>www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid</p><p>In this episode 6, part 1, Dr. Wand critiques the...
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