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Hollow by design: why policy evaluation remains hollow in the MENA region

Evaluation laws, units and mandates now exist across the Middle East and North Africa, but few produce evaluations that inform decisions. The episode explains why formal institutionalisation decouples from practice, and introduces the concept of professional hollowness.

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Hollow by DesignVideo in English, 6 min. Generated with NotebookLM from the published article.Also available: Français (6 min) · العربية (8 min)
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Research area Institutionalisation and learning

The article Hollow by design: Why evaluation systems decouple in the MENA region. Ben Brik, A. (2026). Evaluation Review. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1177/0193841X261479461

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