Sociologist Nicoletta Stame (PhD, State University of New York and Catania University) is emerita professor at Sapienza University of Roma, past president of the European Evaluation Society and Associazione Italiana di Valutazione, a member of the editorial board of Evaluation, and vice-president of A Colorni-Hirschman International Institute.

• Foreword – Introduction – Evaluation and development – Interpretive social science: The core of an anthology – Interpretive social science and morality – Hirschman, possibilism and evaluation – Hirschman’s production line on projects and programs – Possibilism, change and unintended consequences – Doubt, surprise and the ethical evaluator: Lessons from the work of Judith Tendler – Appendix A Albert Hirschman and the World Bank – Appendix B Remembering Judith – Bibliography – Index of Names – Index of Subjects.

“This book is exceptional. It does a brilliant and innovative job of taking the economic and evaluative writings from two authors, juxtaposing them, and showing how the writings of each reinforces and supports the writings of the other. I recommend this book to you without reservation.”—Ray C. Rist, George Washington University; Former President, International Development Evaluation Association

Sociologist Nicoletta Stame (PhD, State University of New York and Catania University) is emerita professor at Sapienza University of Roma, past president of the European Evaluation Society and Associazione Italiana di Valutazione, a member of the editorial board of Evaluation, and vice-president of A Colorni-Hirschman International Institute.

• Foreword – Introduction – Evaluation and development – Interpretive social science: The core of an anthology – Interpretive social science and morality – Hirschman, possibilism and evaluation – Hirschman’s production line on projects and programs – Possibilism, change and unintended consequences – Doubt, surprise and the ethical evaluator: Lessons from the work of Judith Tendler – Appendix A Albert Hirschman and the World Bank – Appendix B Remembering Judith – Bibliography – Index of Names – Index of Subjects.

“This book is exceptional. It does a brilliant and innovative job of taking the economic and evaluative writings from two authors, juxtaposing them, and showing how the writings of each reinforces and supports the writings of the other. I recommend this book to you without reservation.”—Ray C. Rist, George Washington University; Former President, International Development Evaluation Association

Sociologist Nicoletta Stame (PhD, State University of New York and Catania University) is emerita professor at Sapienza University of Roma, past president of the European Evaluation Society and Associazione Italiana di Valutazione, a member of the editorial board of Evaluation, and vice-president of A Colorni-Hirschman International Institute.

• Foreword – Introduction – Evaluation and development – Interpretive social science: The core of an anthology – Interpretive social science and morality – Hirschman, possibilism and evaluation – Hirschman’s production line on projects and programs – Possibilism, change and unintended consequences – Doubt, surprise and the ethical evaluator: Lessons from the work of Judith Tendler – Appendix A Albert Hirschman and the World Bank – Appendix B Remembering Judith – Bibliography – Index of Names – Index of Subjects.

“This book is exceptional. It does a brilliant and innovative job of taking the economic and evaluative writings from two authors, juxtaposing them, and showing how the writings of each reinforces and supports the writings of the other. I recommend this book to you without reservation.”—Ray C. Rist, George Washington University; Former President, International Development Evaluation Association