Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System

by Kusek, Jody Zall; Rist, Ray C.

• ISBN13: 9780821358238
• ISBN10: 0821358235
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

There are increasing demands on governments and organisations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. This publication sets out a ten-step model designed to help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. Detailed guidance is given about the design, management, and sustainability of such systems, and aspects covered include conducting a readiness assessment; selection of key indicators to determine identified outcomes; baseline data; planning and monitoring; and reporting findings.

Table of Contents

Introduction : building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system	p. 1
New challenges in public sector management	p. 2
Results-based M&E - a powerful public management tool	p. 11
M&E experience in developed and developing countries	p. 27
Step 1 : conducting a readiness assessment	p. 39
Step 2 : agreeing on outcomes to monitor and evaluate	p. 56
Step 3 : selecting key performance indicators to monitor outcomes	p. 65
Step 4 : setting baselines and gathering data on indicators	p. 80
Step 5 : planning for improvement - selecting results targets	p. 90
Step 6 : monitoring for results	p. 96
Step 7 : the "E" in M&E - using evaluation information to support a result-based management system	p. 113
Step 8 : reporting the findings	p. 129
Step 9 : using the findings	p. 138
Step 10 : sustaining the M&E system within the organization	p. 151
Making results-based M&E work for you and your organization	p. 162
Assessing performance-based monitoring and evaluation capacity : an assessment survey for countries, development institutions, and their partners	p. 174
Readiness assessment : toward results-based monitoring and evaluation in Egypt	p. 178
Millennium development goals (MDGs) : list of goals and targets	p. 200
National evaluation policy for Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka evaluation association (SLEva) jointly with the ministry of policy development and implementation	p. 204
Andhra Pradesh (India) Performance Accountability Act 2003 : (Draft Act) (APPAC Act of 2003)	p. 211
Glossary : OECD glossary of key terms in evaluation and results-based management (2002)	p. 223
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