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
Evaluation in the age of big data: Opportunities and challenges in agriculture and food security
BlogLes évaluateurs travaillant dans les domaines alimentaire et agricole sont constamment à la recherche d’approches créatives leur permettant d’émettre des conclusions et des recommandations d’évaluation crédibles, quelles que soient la ou les contraintes affectant leur travail. Les données massives et la science des données peuvent leur apporter beaucoup.
Avec l’extension rapide des données massives et de la science des données dans tous les domaines de nos vies personnelles et professionnelles, une large gamme d’outils et de techniques pour la collecte, l’analyse et la diffusion des données est désormais disponible et représente dans certains cas un potentiel incroyable pour l’évaluation des
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