Power and perceptions in participatory monitoring and evaluation

Parkinson, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.03.003

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“…The dilemma is unique to the aid system -in countries whose public services are financed by taxation, those who deliver public services are accountable to politicians, who in turn are accountable to tax payers -the same people who are meant to benefit from public services (Barder 2009 Beneficiaries have access to knowledge, expertise and relationships that other actors do not. But these views may not be the most accurate in the system, nor the most costeffective to access, nor any less politically motivated or subject to capture than other actors in the system (see for instance Parkinson 2009). As such our approach can be seen as a combination of a rights and a results-based approach.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the current climate of austerity it is likely that organisations will need to continue to find ways to be more efficient. There is some evidence to show that feedback systems and other forms of participation can be cost effective in terms of identifying rapid corrections to projects (World Bank 2009) and making projects more relevant for beneficiaries (Magione et al 2005), although in certain circumstances they may also increase logistical and transaction costs of monitoring (World Bank 2009;Parkinson 2009). Abbot and Guijt (1998) argue that further study on costs is needed.…”

Section: Enhancing Organisational Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People-centred Approaches Help?

Haddad¹,

Lindström²,

Pinto³

2010

IDS Bulletin

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This article argues that if the multiple purposes of M&E were recognised and pursued it would help align the incentives of funders, implementers, M&E service providers, and intended beneficiaries to increase the impacts of agriculture on poverty. In reality, these multiple purposes are rarely pursued, leading to the weak provision of meaningful M&E. We make the case that M&E in agriculture is not immune to this, and it may even be more susceptible due to agriculture's unique properties. We argue that one possible way forward is people‐centred M&E, which looks for ways to balance multiple accountabilities. People‐centred M&E embraces farmer feedback, focuses on incentivising learning within organisations and finds ways to share M&E information more openly.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Enhancing Organisational Learningmentioning

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The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People-centred Approaches Help?

Haddad¹,

Lindström²,

Pinto³

2010

IDS Bulletin

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“…El decreciente número de proyectos en salud en el PP puede ser explicado por varias razones reportadas previamente (1,5) . Entre ellas tenemos la falta de voluntad política de las autoridades que dirigen, o impulsan el PP; una sociedad civil poco participativa, o que se siente menos frente a su contraparte institucional.…”

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“…La participación ciudadana, a partir del empoderamiento e información, promueve que la sociedad civil, muchas veces marginada, se beneficie del desarrollo social y económico (5) . En la actualidad las políticas, y proyectos para combatir los problemas de la salud pública no deberían basarse solo en teoría epidemiológica, cifras estadísticas, u oportunidades políticas; deben contar también con la participación directa de todos aquellos actores involucrados, incluyendo la sociedad civil.…”

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Presupuesto participativo, ¿las regiones más vulnerables lo invierten en salud?

Carrillo‐Larco¹,

Segura²

2012

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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“…Several participants also detailed a need to adapt the WREMO strategy for diverse groups and individuals. We assumed that these participants' accounts align with Parkinson (2009), who has described how socially orientated programs need to systematically consider diverse stakeholder needs and viewpoints.…”

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Visually Modelling Collaborative Research into Innovative Community Disaster Resilience Practice, Strategy, and Governance

Huggins

Peace

Hill

et al. 2015

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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In 2013 a new collaborative center was established in Wellington, New Zealand to focus on integrating resilience research with the region's community disaster resilience strategy. An earlier study with parties to this center had indicated that researcher and practitioner groups were divided by attention to their own immediate knowledge and skills, but agreed there was a need to maximize community resilience benefits amongst a regional population. An action research workshop of researchers and practitioners used a visual logic model to focus on the pragmatic benefits of improving community resilience. The visual logic model was used to design research activities that would improve the regional community resilience strategy, which was still in an early implementation phase. Ten of 14 workshop participants were interviewed following the workshop. Statistical content analysis of interview data highlighted certain strengths of the action research process: visual monitoring and evaluation planning was a catalyst for complicated conversations between two very different groups of professionals; and researchers became more focused on practical issues as a result. Other findings suggested that in future collaborative research governance would benefit from wider cycles of strategic intelligence, enhanced research contributions, and the use of different information formats for different purposes. Different formats for different purposes should also be considered when developing and implementing large-scale disaster risk reduction policies and strategies.

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Power and perceptions in participatory monitoring and evaluation

Cited by 30 publications

References 7 publications

The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People-centred Approaches Help?

The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People-centred Approaches Help?

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