Thinking Through an Evaluation Strategy

Abstract

In terms of organizational structure, PVOs do not differ greatly from other organizations involved in international development. PVOS usually have a headquarters, whether in the United States or in the Third World, an intermediate level of regional or country offices, and, finally, a local organization that supports particular programs. This Sourcebook focuses on the local level, for it is there that evaluation must begin. But local field programs are directly affected by decisions originating from regional or headquarters levels. It is important, there-fore, that we see local program evaluation as part of the larger evaluation system.