Caribbean Evaluators International - Member public profile

First name

Nadini

Last name

Persaud

Email

nadini.persaud@uwi.edu

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Brief profile

Dr. Nadini Persaud is a Lecturer in Evaluation at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She teaches primarily at the graduate level in the area of evaluation and served as the program coordinator for the M.Sc. Project Management and Evaluation program during the period 2008-2017.

Dr. Persaud serves on a number of international and regional organizations including Caribbean Evaluators International, the Chartered Professional Accountants Canada—Barbados Chapter Advisory Council, the American Evaluation Association, and the Faster Forward Fund Foundation in the USA (a private foundation set up by Michael Scriven, a founding father of evaluation to accelerate the theory, practice and profession of evaluation).

Her research interests are in her three subject area disciplines and her focus is on blending together the tools from project management and accounting to improve the practice of professional evaluation. Dr. Persaud has several publications in reputable journals and books. Selected publications include:

Referee Books

Persaud, N. (in press). Strengthening evaluation culture in the English-Speaking Commonwealth Caribbean: A guide for evaluation practitioners and decision-makers in the public, private, and NGO sectors. Kingston, Jamaica: Arawak Publications.

Persaud, N. & Yates, B. (2023). Cost inclusive evaluation: Planning it, doing it, using it. New York, USA: Guilford Publications.

Persaud, N., & Dagher, D. (2021). The role of monitoring and evaluation in the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillian Publishing, Springer Nature.

Persaud, N., Devonish, D., & Persaud, I. (2019). Nuts and bolts of research methodology. From conceptualization to write-up. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers.

Referee Book Chapters

Persaud, N. & Dagher, R. (2023 in press). Using monitoring and evaluation and evidence-based data to build a more resilient and sustainable Caribbean post COVID-19. In S. Roberts, H. Deshong, W. Grenade, & D. Devonish (Eds.). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean. The State, Economy and Health (Volume 1). Cham: Switzerland, Springer Nature/Palgrave Macmillian.

Persaud, N. (in press). Evaluation challenges, practices and use in the Commonwealth Caribbean: The importance of monitoring and evaluation in the region’s post COVID-19 recovery efforts and the United Nations 2030 sustainable development goals agenda. In A.B. Brik and H. Bin (Eds.). Oxford Handbook of Social Programs Evaluation in the Global South. Oxford University Press.

Referee Journal Articles

Persaud, N., & Dagher, R. (2021). Evaluation in our new normal environment: Navigating the challenges with data collection. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 17(38), 1-15.

Persaud, N., & Dagher, R. (2020). Evaluations in the English-speaking Commonwealth Caribbean region: Lessons from the field. American Journal of Evaluation, 41(2), 255-276.

Country

Barbados

Area(s) of Focus (Select all that apply)

Evaluation Practice
Research
Teaching/Training

Sector Focus (Select all that apply)

Economic Development
Education
Poverty and Social Protection
Business and Industry
Social Research

How long have you worked in or been involved with evaluation?

16 to 20 years

Nadini Persaud

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