This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in Asia Pacific from various perspectives. It presents prior developments and current states of evaluation in 11 countries, focusing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the third of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation. The first volume on Europe was published in 2020, and the second volume on the Americas in 2022. It will be followed by another volume on Africa. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and sectors.                

Reinhard Stockmann is Professor of Sociology at Saarland University, Germany. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval).

Wolfgang Meyer is Professor of Sociology at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda.  

Niklas Zierke is a Research Associate at Saarland University, Germany.                                                     

Part-I: Introduction.- 1. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation: Theoretical Background, Analytical Framework and Methodology. Niklas Zierke, Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer.- Part-II: National Developments.- 2. Evaluation in Australia. Brad Astbury and Scott Bayley.- 3. Evaluation in Bangladesh. Md Faisal Ibne Wali, Sharif N As-Saber, Muhammad Wali Ullah, Muhammad Maruf Ibne Wali and Nabila Kamal.- 4. Evaluation in China. Wenxuan Yu.- 5. Evaluation in India. Rashmi Agrawal, Banda Rao and Rajib Nandi.- 6. Evaluation in Japan. Keiko Nishino, Yoko Ishida, Kiyoshi Yamaya.- 7. Evaluation in Korea. Nowook Park.- 8. Evaluation in Nepal. Asela Kalugampitiya and Gana Pati Ojha.- 9. Evaluation in Pakistan. Amna Aaqil, Amna Mahmood, Anam Shoaib, Sehr Jamil.- 10. Evaluation in Philippines. Asela Kalugampitiya , Erika Lareza , Romeo Santos.- 11. Evaluation in Sri Lanka. Asela Kalugampitiya, Soma de Silva, Chamara Senaratna.- 12. Evaluation in Taiwan. Chi-Yeh Yung, Jan Fell and Jiann-Jong Guo.- Part-III Transnational Organizations.- 13. The Asian Development Bank and Evaluation in Asia and the Pacific. Maya Vijayaraghavan.- 14. UNICEF Support to Institutionalising Evaluation in East Asia and the Pacific Region. Koorosh Raffii and Xin Xin Yang.- 15. The Influence of Transnational Organizations. Wolfgang Meyer.- Part IV: Synthesis.- 16. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Asia Pacific: A Synthesis. Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer and Niklas Zierke.