Rick Davies

Rick Davies is an independent Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant based in Cambridge, UK.1 He has over 30 years of experience working with international development aid organizations, primarily in Africa and Asia.12

Professional Background

Rick Davies specializes in:

• Managing evaluations
• Designing M&E strategies and frameworks
• M&E capacity building
• Developing evaluation methodologies

In recent years, his focus has shifted to quality assurance of evaluations and providing specialized technical support to evaluation teams.1

Notable Contributions

Rick Davies has made several significant contributions to the field of monitoring and evaluation:

• Developed the widely-used "Most Significant Change" (MSC) technique
• Created the Basic Necessities Survey, a democratic and rights-based method for measuring poverty
• Designed EvalC3, a hybrid Excel-based data analysis tool
• Invented Hierarchical Card Sorting, a tool for ethnographic inquiries
• Developed ParEvo, a web-based tool for collaborative exploration of alternative futures12

Current Roles

• Manager of the Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS website since 19971
• Member of various advisory panels and groups, including:
  • Evaluation Expert Panel for the International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Senior Evaluation Adviser for the World Food Programme
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the EVALUATION journal2

Rick Davies is highly regarded in the field of monitoring and evaluation, with his work being widely used in both developed and developing countries.1