{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"India Development Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/","author_name":"Devanshi Vaid","author_url":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/author\/dvaid\/","title":"Do evaluations actually serve a useful purpose?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DPoLwMrmEM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/do-evaluations-actually-serve-a-useful-purpose\/\">Do evaluations actually serve a useful purpose?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/do-evaluations-actually-serve-a-useful-purpose\/embed\/#?secret=DPoLwMrmEM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Do evaluations actually serve a useful purpose?&#8221; &#8212; India Development Review\" data-secret=\"DPoLwMrmEM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Microscope.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":680,"description":"Our sector routinely commissions evaluations, but do individual evaluation reports feed substantively into key decisions? It appears that they\u2019re used more as an institutional accountability requirement. Fortunately, there are steps we can take to change this."}