Presenters: Anh Thu Hoang, William E. Pate II

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To solve today’s most complex and pressing problems we as an evaluation community need to re-examine how we ‘do’ evaluations to render evidence-based solutions. As practitioners we have a duty to widen our purview as well as alter our practice to have more inclusive/unbiased perspectives, resulting in better guidance for sustainable change. How can this be done? A systems approach to evaluation can guide how evaluations are designed, conducted, and ultimately used. Evaluation needs to resolve global problems. Evaluation has a unique and important role demonstrating impact and shaping policy to affect change for social good.