Interpretation and application of DAC New Evaluation Criteria

Abstract

  The OECD-DAC has revised new evaluation criteria for the first time in about 30 years to reflect the SDGs philosophy adopted by the United Nations in 2015.

  Since some of the terms newly introduced in the new evaluation criteria in English are conceptual, the evaluator should apply them after correctly interpreting the significance of these terms without being bound by the old dictionary-like stereotypes.

  In this paper, taking up four terms (Equity, Human Rights, Resilience, Coherence) that the interpretation of terms is likely to be of ambiguity, insufficiency, or misunderstanding, the author shows the points to be noted together with the actual use of each term.