Quality Standards for Development Evaluation

The DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation identify the key pillars needed for a quality development evaluation process and product. They are intended for use by evaluation managers and practitioners. The Standards are not mandatory, but provide a guide to good practice. They were developed primarily for use by DAC members, but broader use by all other development partners is welcome. The Standards aim to improve quality and ultimately to strengthen the contribution of evaluation to improving development outcomes.

Specifically, the Standards are intended to:

improve the quality of development evaluation processes and products,

facilitate the comparison of evaluations across countries,

support partnerships and collaboration on joint evaluations,

and increase development partners’ use of each others’ evaluation findings.