What have we learned from implementing results-based management in development cooperation organisations? What progress and benefits can be seen? What are the main challenges and unintended consequences? Are there good practices to address these challenges? To respond to these questions this paper reviews and analyses the findings from various evaluations and reviews of results-based management systems conducted by members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the OECD/DAC Results Community Secretariat and other bodies in the past four years (2015-2018). It also draws on emerging lessons from new methods for managing development cooperation results. This analytical work aims to: i. identify recent trends in results-based management, ii. explore challenges faced by providers when developing their results approaches and systems, iii. select good practices in responding to these challenges that can be useful for the OECD/DAC Results Community, considering new approaches, new technologies and evolving contexts. This body of evidence will inform the development of a core set of generic guiding principles for resultsbased management in development cooperation. Acknowledgements This paper is based on work done by Janet Vähämäki, Researcher, under the strategic guidance and oversight of Chantal Verger, Head of the Results team, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate, who finalised the report. A preliminary version was presented and discussed at a Workshop of the OECD/DAC Results Community on

This paper describes the aggregate findings of a survey conducted to assess where development cooperation providers that are members of the Results Community of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stand with regard to the Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development Results (MfSDR) that were adopted in July 2019. Fifty bilateral and multilateral organisations participated in the survey. In addition to presenting detailed findings against each Principle, this paper also examines the main strengths and constraints providers are facing in order to align to these Principles. It also analyses some correlations between the Principles, drawing conclusions on some of the more practical consequences for systemic and tailored approaches to implementing the Guiding Principles.This working paper was written by Alejandro Guerrero-Ruiz, Julia Schnatz and Chantal Verger, under the strategic guidance of Rahul Malhotra, Head of the Reviews, Results, Evaluation and Development Innovation (RREDI) Division at the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD). It was reviewed by Joëlline Bénéfice, Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP). The authors would also like to thank OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Results Community Leads of the Temporary Working Groups where preliminary findings from the survey were discussed in the middle of 2020. This paper benefited from the administrative support of Ola Kasneci. It was edited by Mebrak Tareke. The authors are very grateful for all the useful comments and suggestions. Any possible error remains the exclusive responsibility of the authors.