Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System

Kusek, Jody Zall; Rist, Ray C.

doi:10.1596/0-8213-5823-5

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“…The paucity of accurate and reliable data further affects the effective monitoring and evaluation of existing programs. For example, without systematically measured estimates on health outcomes and other socio-economic factors in African countries, it is difficult to generate evidence on the effectiveness of existing programs and policies [9]. In the absence of vigorous and high quality research, diseases may continue to resurface in Africa, standard of living will depreciate, death rates will multiply and the African continent will remain under-developed.…”

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Research challenges in Africa – an exploratory study on the experiences and opinions of African researchers

Ngongalah¹,

Emerson²,

Nn³

et al. 2018

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Background: Insufficient research is a major impediment to growth, development and advancement of health in Africa. Africa produces less than 1% of global research output. Meanwhile, African countries face some of the toughest challenges worldwide, most of which can only be tackled through robust and efficient research. Addressing the barriers to conducting research in Africa is a step towards improving research capacity and output. This study aimed to identify the key challenges affecting research practice and output in Africa; and to highlight priority areas for improvement. Methods:A cross-sectional survey was administered through an online questionnaire, including participants from six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participants included research professionals, research students, research groups and academics. Results: A total of 424 participants responded to this survey. The ability to conduct and produce high-quality research was seen to be influenced by multiple factors, most of which were related to the research environment in African countries. Priority areas for improvement included providing more training, raising awareness on the importance of research in Africa, encouraging governments to commit to research and increasing collaboration between researchers in Africa. Conclusion: The conditions under which research is done in Africa are severely flawed and do not encourage engagement in research, or continuity of research activity. African governments need to develop initiatives that accelerate and support research and researchbased education in Africa, in order to build a solid foundation for research, increase research capacity, and enable institutions to provide valuable training and develop sustainable research opportunities in Africa.

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Research challenges in Africa – an exploratory study on the experiences and opinions of African researchers

Ngongalah¹,

Emerson²,

Nn³

et al. 2018

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“…Evaluation scholars have long argued that context plays an essential role in grounding and validating the concept of evaluation in a particular setting for a particular group of people, as well as the ways in which it can be conducted and used ( Conner, Fitzpatrick, & Rog, 2012 ;SenGupta, Hopson, & Th ompson-Robinson, 2004 ). Th ey assert that evaluation is a social intervention and that its reality is produced in politically, culturally, socially, and historically situated contexts ( Hood, Hopson, & Frierson, 2005 ;LaFrance & Nichols, 2008 ;Mertens, 2008 ;Smith, 2012 ). As a result, it is suggested that evaluators "decolonize" evaluation ( Hopson, Kirkhart, & Bledsoe, 2012 ).…”

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“…As part of the project activities, World Bank consultants provided a workshop-"M&E for Policy Formulation and as an Integral Part of Government Institutions"-to 20 bureaucrats at the MoD and pilot institutions ( Ilgin, 2010 ). In addition, the World Bank's 10 Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System by Kusek and Rist (2004) was translated into Turkish ( Ilgin, 2010 ). Although this project originally targeted national decision making, evaluation systems in Turkey have been envisioned to assist with the macro development results framework (MDRF)-a conceptual and practical management tool widely used by the Northern aid organizations to deliver and coordinate development assistance ( Stout & Rassapan, 2010 ).…”

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Getting to the Roots of Evaluation Capacity Building in the Global South: Multiple Streams Model to Frame the Agenda Status of Evaluation in Turkey

Cakici¹

2016

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A growing body of research is investigating the mechanisms to develop evaluation capacity in the Global South, but relatively little attention has been given to an equally important question: Under what conditions does the need to conduct and use evaluations for national decision making become a high priority on the governmental agenda? Th is article utilizes Kingdon's (2003) Multiple Streams Model to understand when and how evaluation is pushed higher on the public policy agenda in the Global South by using Turkey as a country case. Th is article argues that evaluation capacity building in the developing world may not be successful unless evaluation is indigenously elevated as a prominent item on the government's agenda. Turkey's case demonstrates evaluation's fl eeting agenda status because evaluation as a policy solution has not yet become joined to a real problem despite the opening of a brief window of opportunity.Résumé : Un nombre croissant de recherches se consacrent aux mécanismes visant à renforcer la capacité évaluative des pays du Sud. Cependant, on accorde encore peu d' attention à une question tout aussi importante : Qu' est-ce qui fait qu'il devient important, pour un gouvernement, de mener des évaluations et d'en tenir compte dans la gouverne nationale ? Le modèle d'analyse des courants multiples (multiple streams) de J. W. Kingdon (2003) nous permet d'analyser, en prenant le cas de la Turquie, quand et comment l'évaluation remonte dans l'échelle des priorités des gouvernements des pays du Sud. Cet article suggère que le renforcement des capacités en évaluation dans les pays en développement aura peu d'impact à moins que l'évaluation ne soit considérée absolument prioritaire par les autorités nationales. Le cas de la Turquie montre que la position instable de l'évaluation à l'agenda politique est due au fait qu'elle n'apparait pas encore comme la solution politique à un problème réel, bien qu'une fenêtre d'opportunité politique ait été brièvement entrouverte.

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“…The term stakeholder refers to any entity that is affected by a decision or is interested how such decision is made and implemented. Literature shows that good governance, demonstrated through enhanced accountability, transparency, greater participation and development effectiveness, and embodied in an effective state, is essential for achieving sustainable socioeconomic development (Kusek & Rist, 2004). Although such achievement is a primary goal for every nation, many governments and organizations fall short on this notion, to the extent of regarding it as an ideal that cannot be easily achieved, thus making socioeconomic development significantly inaccessible (UNDP, 2011).…”

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Results Based Management (RBM) as a Tool for Good Governance

Gwata¹

2018

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<em>Governments and other public institutions worldwide are facing increasing demands for good governance and the achievement of sustainable socioeconomic development. They are thus seized with searching for the appropriate strategies albeit with considerable difficulties. Literature shows that several nations that adopted and effectively institutionalized the Results Based Management approach have managed to meet the demands with relative ease. This study sought to investigate the linkage between the institutionalization of RBM and the improvement in good governance as well as the delivery of development results. The findings are aimed at contributing to literature on good governance, RBM and development program management in general. Premised upon a qualitative approach, data for this study were gathered through the review of print and electronic documentation on good governance and RBM, primarily relating to Malaysia Rwanda, nations that have registered marked improvements in good governance, implementation of RBM as well as the delivery of development results. Analysis of data showed that RBM is an effective for good governance that can lead to the successful delivery of development results. The effective implementation of the approach is therefore highly recommended as is further research on the relationship of the two notions.</em>

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Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System

Cited by 248 publications

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Research challenges in Africa – an exploratory study on the experiences and opinions of African researchers

Research challenges in Africa – an exploratory study on the experiences and opinions of African researchers

Getting to the Roots of Evaluation Capacity Building in the Global South: Multiple Streams Model to Frame the Agenda Status of Evaluation in Turkey

Results Based Management (RBM) as a Tool for Good Governance

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