Michael [user:field_middlename] Bamberger

Michael Bamberger

Free lance consultant
Estados Unidos de América

Michael Bamberger has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the London School of Economics. He has been involved for over forty years in the evaluation of development programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America, including 25 years as a senior sociologist with the World Bank. His work has focused on poverty and social exclusion, gender equality, urban development and the challenges of evaluating the MDGs. Over the past few years he has worked on the opportunities and challenges for integrating new information technology into the evaluation of development programs. His recent publications include: “Evaluation in the age of big data”; “Dealing with complexity in development evaluation”, [with Jos Vaessen and Estelle Raimondo]; “RealWorld Evaluation: working under budget, time, data and political constraints” [with Linda Mabry]; and “Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals through equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations.” [with Marco Segone and Florencia Tateossian]

Over the past 20 years he has consulted with 10 UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, development banks, foundations, NGOs, and governments on the evaluation of development policies and programs.

My contributions

  • Los evaluadores que trabajan en los sectores de la alimentación y la agricultura buscan -constantemente- formas creativas de generar conclusiones y recomendaciones creíbles, mientras desarrollan su labor sometidos a una o varias de estas restricciones. Los macrodatos (big data) y la ciencia de datos pueden marcar la diferencia. 

    Con la rápida expansión de los macrodatos y la ciencia de datos en todos los ámbitos de nuestra vida personal y profesional, disponemos de una amplia variedad de herramientas y técnicas innovadoras para recopilar, analizar y difundir datos, muchas de las cuales ofrecen interesantes posibilidades para la evaluación de programas