Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System

A Handbook for Development Practitioners

Jody Zall Kusek, Ray C. Rist

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2004
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9780821389072
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

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 accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a 'Readiness Assessment' and take the practitioner through the design, management, and more importantly, the sustainability of such systems. 'Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System' describes each step in detail, the tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help along the way.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Introduction: Building a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System
• 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 System
• CHAPTER 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
• Annex I: Assessing Performance-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity: An Assessment Survey for Countries, Development Institutions, and Their Partners
• Back Cover