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Process tracing (a leading method of qualitative causal inference) is designed to investigate cause-and-effect in one-of-a-kind situations where unknown unknowns are important factors. My personal focus is applying this to design, implement, and evaluate development and peacebuilding projects.
John Hoven
independentOlivier Cossee says, “evaluators need to propose reasonable solutions to the problems they raise… the hard part is to propose something better, in a constructive manner.”
A reasonable solution is, at least implicitly, a Theory of Change. It should be explicit: a tentative goal, a first step toward the goal, and some intermediate steps. The hardest part is that first step. Taking that first step should answer the question, “Might this be worth considering?”
John Hoven