The GA will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 7 – 9 May 2013, preceded by professional development training sessions on May 6. 

The theme of the GA is:  “Evaluation and Inequality: Moving Beyond the Discussion of Poverty”     

The Assembly will organize itself into a number of substantive strands. Potential presenters are invited to submit a proposal for a paper or panel aligned to one or more of these strands. We especially invite papers that are grounded in development experiences.

Strand One: Understanding Inequality and its relation to the causes and consequences of poverty

Strand Two: Effective program strategies to address inequality—findings from evaluation

Strand Three: Regional responses/regional strategies to address inequality

Strand Four: The measurement and assessment of inequality

Strand Five: General Paper Sessions—all other papers/panels being proposed on any evaluation topic

All paper/panel proposals should be sent by January 10, 2013 to: Ray C. Rist, President of IDEAS, at the following e-mail address: rayrist11@gmail.com

Proposal Guidelines:

1)      Each paper or panel proposal can be no more than 250 words in total. This proposal should include the title, name (s) of participants, affiliation of participants; and brief description of the subject of the paper/panel.

2)      The date for submission of all proposals is January 10, 2013!!

3)      Consideration of any proposal after January 10 is at the full discretion of the chair.

4)       Decisions on all proposals will be made within two weeks and presenters will be informed immediately.

Scholarships: There will be a few scholarships available to ensure a global representation of development evaluators at this Assembly. First priority for scholarships will be for current IDEAS Members who present a paper/panel or are actively involved in the Assembly as a panel chair or discussant.

NOTE: Anyone who wishes to present at this Assembly should be a member of IDEAS.