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About Dietz Ton

Ton Dietz is professor of human geography and scientific director of the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) at the University of Amsterdam. He is also member of the steering committee of the Worldconnectors, a collaborative initiative of the Society for International Development, Netherlands (SID NL), the Development Policy Review Network (DPRN) and the National Commission for Sustainable Development in the Netherlands(NCDO).


By Dietz Ton

The starting point for development evaluations should be how the recipients of development assistance experience change, rather than the set perspectives of the evaluators. The participatory development assessment (PDA) methodology is designed to involve recipients in evaluations.   read more >>