How to Build M&e Systems to Support Better Government

by Mackay, Keith Robin

• ISBN13: 9780821371916
• ISBN10: 0821371916
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-15
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

This volume highlights the experience of developing and developed countries which have succeeded in building a well-functioning government monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. They have done this to improve their performance, by establishing evidence-based policy-making and budget decision-making, evidence-based management, and evidence-based accountability.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
What Do Monitoring and Evaluation Have to Offer Governments?	p. 5
What Is M&E?-An M&E Primer	p. 7
Contribution of M&E to Sound Governance	p. 9
Key Trends Influencing Countries-Why Countries Are Building M&E Systems	p. 17
Some Country Experience	p. 21
Good Practice Countries-What Does "Success" Look Like?	p. 23
Chile	p. 25
Colombia	p. 31
Australia	p. 37
The Special Case of Africa	p. 45
Lessons	p. 51
Building Government M&E Systems-Lessons from Experience	p. 53
Incentives for M&E-How to Create Demand	p. 61
How to Strengthen a Government M&E System	p. 65
The Importance of Country Diagnosis	p. 67
Preparing Action Plans	p. 73
Remaining Issues	p. 81
Frontier Issues	p. 83
Concluding Remarks	p. 89
Q&A: Commonly Asked Questions	p. 91
Annexes	p. 103
Lessons on How to Ensure Evaluations Are Influential	p. 105
A Country Diagnosis-The Example of Colombia	p. 109
Terms of Reference for an In-Depth Diagnosis of Colombia's M&E System	p. 129
Evaluation of IEG's Support for Institutionalizing M&E Systems	p. 133
Glossary of Key Terms in M&E	p. 137
Endnotes	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 151
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