How Will We Know the Millennium Development Goal Results When We See Them
Building a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System to Give Us the Answers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12567596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jody Zall Kusek (World Bank, corresponding author), Ray C Rist (OECD, World Bank, USA), Elizabeth M White (0000-0003-4175-8662, Operations Policy and Country Services, World Bank, USA) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-26 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-3890 • E-ISSN: 1461-7153 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1356389005053181 |
| OpenAlex | W2110073088 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Results based monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a powerful public management tool to help policy makers track progress and demonstrate the outcomes and impacts of a given policy, program, or project. In the context of MDG's having results based M&E system is important to assess whether governments are effectively using resources and making appropriate policy choices to achieve progress towards MDG achievement. Developing countries need as good as or better information than the more affluent countries to make decisions for they can least afford to put in place strategies that have weak implementation, have no discernible results, or are unfocused. Thus, the information and analysis that can come from a results-based M&E system goes to the heart of the matter for poorer countries-how will they know results when they seem them and how can they gather sufficient information to continually ensure they are using their scarce resources most appropriately in pursuit of their MDG's. The introduction of results based M&E strategies in developing countries is still in its infancy. As these governments move forward with their own strategies, they are trying new and innovative approaches that are enriching the pool of data and experiences. There is no blue print for moving forward and the challenges faced by developing countries are many. This paper discusses some approaches tried in a number of countries to build MDG results based M&E systems and some of the challenges encountered along the way
Business · Context (archaeology · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Millennium Development Goals · Need to know · Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · International Development and Aid · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |