Ten steps to a results-based monitoring and evaluation system : a handbook for development practitioners / / Jody Zall Kusek and Ray C. Rist

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820517903321
• Autore: Kusek Jody Zall <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08471-5; 9786610084715; 0-8213-8289-6; 1-4175-3425-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): RistRay C
• Disciplina: 352.3/5
• Soggetti: Government productivity - Developing countries - Evaluation; Performance standards - Developing countries - Evaluation; Total quality management in government - Developing countries - Evaluation; Public administration - Developing countries - Evaluation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Introduction: Building a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System; Notes; CHAPTER 1 Step 1: Conducting a Readiness Assessment; CHAPTER 2 Step 2: Agreeing on Outcomes to Monitor and Evaluate; CHAPTER 3 Step 3: Selecting Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Outcomes; CHAPTER 4 Step 4: Setting Baselines and Gathering Data on Indicators; CHAPTER 5 Step 5: Planning for Improvement-Selecting Results Targets; CHAPTER 6 Step 6: Monitoring for Results; CHAPTER 7 Step 7: The "E" in M&E-Using Evaluation Information to Support a Results-Based Management SystemCHAPTER 8 Step 8: Reporting the Findings; CHAPTER 9 Step 9: Using the Findings; CHAPTER 10 Step 10: Sustaining the M&E System within the Organization; CHAPTER 11 Making Results-Based M&E Work for You and Your Organization; References; Useful Web Sites; Additional Reading; Index; Annex I: Assessing Performance-Based Monitoring and ; Evaluation Capacity: An Assessment Survey for Countries, Development Institutions, and Their Partners; Annex II: Readiness Assessment: Toward Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in EgyptAnnex III: Millennium Development Goals (MDGS): List of Goals and Targets; Annex IV National Evaluation Policy for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: Evaluation Association (SLEva) jointly with the Ministry of Policy Development and Implementation; Annex V: Andhra Pradesh (India) Performance Accountability Act 2003: (Draft Act) (APPAC Act of 2003); Annex VI: Glossary: OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management (2002); Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations 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. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater a