The Realpolitik of Evaluation

Markus Palenberg is the Founder and Manager of the Institute for Development Strategy (IfDS) in Munich, Germany, working as researcher, evaluator and advisor. Over the last fifteen years, Markus has conducted more than forty research and consulting assignments in the public and private sector, specializing in evaluations of global program and on evaluating and advising on Results-Based Management. He regularly serves as peer reviewer of research publications and advisor during the design phases of global programs, has published works on evaluation methodology, and has served on Boards, Executive Committees and Advisory Panels for development programs and institutions.Arne Paulson pursued a career in international development, working as an economist in a number of international organizations, including the World Bank, UNCTAD (Geneva), the International Energy Agency (Paris), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), from which he retired in 2007. At the IDB, he worked in all aspects of evaluation, including ex-ante economic evaluation, ongoing monitoring of projects in execution, and ex-post evaluation of completed projects financed by the IDB. At the corporate level, he reported on the overall development effectiveness of IDB operations to the bank's Board of Directors and at international conferences.