Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan

World Bank missions to Ghana were undertaken in June and October 1999 as part of a diagnosis of M&E capacities and related development options in Ghana. The government has an ambitious program of reform to improve public sector management -ref...

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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2013
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M&E
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/2863062/monitoring-evaluation-capacities-ghana-diagnosis-proposed-action-plan
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spelling okr-10986-152022021-04-23T14:03:11Z Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan World Bank GOVERNMENT BUDGETING COST-EFFECTIVENESS DECENTRALIZATION PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL POLICY BUDGET SYSTEMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES CENTRALIZED STATE AGENCIES RESOURCES MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE DONOR COORDINATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY CAREER PLANNING PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC RELATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET SYSTEM CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORM DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DISTRICTS DONOR REPRESENTATIVES EMPLOYMENT ETHICS EXPENDITURE FATIGUE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES INNOVATION INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT M&E MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MANAGERS MINISTERS MINISTRY OF FINANCE MOTIVATION MOTIVATIONS NATIONAL CAPACITIES NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL GOVERNANCE NATIONAL PLANNING NATIONS OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT PARLIAMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY ANALYSTS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY PRIORITIES POLICY PROCESSES POLICY REFORM POLICY REVIEW POLICY STATEMENT POLITICAL PARTY POOR PERFORMANCE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRIORITY ACTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICES RATIONALIZATION REFORM EFFORTS REFORM ELEMENTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REPRESENTATIVES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS SECTORAL POLICY SERVICE DELIVERY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATISTICAL SYSTEMS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX REVENUES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS World Bank missions to Ghana were undertaken in June and October 1999 as part of a diagnosis of M&E capacities and related development options in Ghana. The government has an ambitious program of reform to improve public sector management -reforms planned or underway include a significant downsizing of the public sector, an ongoing review of its functions and structures, a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), performance plans for ministries, departments and agencies, performance agreements for senior civil servants, and extensive beneficiary surveys. An important feature of Ghana is that it is a pilot country for the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF). One of the pillars of the CDF is results and accountability, pilot countries are strongly encouraged to embrace a results based management framework and to fully embrace dialogue with civil society. The building of M&E capacities is a key vehicle to help ensure governments have the ability to measure and report on development effectiveness, to identify appropriate policy responses, and to engage civil society and NGOs more fully in these processes. Such national capacity-building also provides a counterpart to the M&E capacities of donors, which have been the focal point for results orientation in the past. 2013-08-20T15:27:31Z 2013-08-20T15:27:31Z 2000-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/2863062/monitoring-evaluation-capacities-ghana-diagnosis-proposed-action-plan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15202 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Ghana
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topic GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
DECENTRALIZATION
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL POLICY
BUDGET SYSTEMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
CENTRALIZED STATE AGENCIES
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
GOVERNANCE
DONOR COORDINATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY
CAREER PLANNING
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET SYSTEM
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL AGENCIES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORM
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
DISTRICTS
DONOR REPRESENTATIVES
EMPLOYMENT
ETHICS
EXPENDITURE
FATIGUE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
INNOVATION
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
M&E
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MANAGERS
MINISTERS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MOTIVATION
MOTIVATIONS
NATIONAL CAPACITIES
NATIONAL CAPACITY
NATIONAL GOVERNANCE
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONS
OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT
PARLIAMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY ANALYSTS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY PRIORITIES
POLICY PROCESSES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REVIEW
POLICY STATEMENT
POLITICAL PARTY
POOR PERFORMANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PRIORITY ACTIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATIONALIZATION
REFORM EFFORTS
REFORM ELEMENTS
REFORM PROGRAM
REFORM PROGRAMS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SECTOR MINISTRIES
SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS
SECTORAL POLICY
SERVICE DELIVERY
STATE ENTERPRISES
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STATISTICAL SYSTEMS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
spellingShingle GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
DECENTRALIZATION
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL POLICY
BUDGET SYSTEMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
CENTRALIZED STATE AGENCIES
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
GOVERNANCE
DONOR COORDINATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY
CAREER PLANNING
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET SYSTEM
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL AGENCIES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORM
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
DISTRICTS
DONOR REPRESENTATIVES
EMPLOYMENT
ETHICS
EXPENDITURE
FATIGUE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
INNOVATION
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
M&E
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MANAGERS
MINISTERS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MOTIVATION
MOTIVATIONS
NATIONAL CAPACITIES
NATIONAL CAPACITY
NATIONAL GOVERNANCE
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONS
OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT
PARLIAMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY ANALYSTS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY PRIORITIES
POLICY PROCESSES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REVIEW
POLICY STATEMENT
POLITICAL PARTY
POOR PERFORMANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PRIORITY ACTIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC SERVICES
RATIONALIZATION
REFORM EFFORTS
REFORM ELEMENTS
REFORM PROGRAM
REFORM PROGRAMS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SECTOR MINISTRIES
SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS
SECTORAL POLICY
SERVICE DELIVERY
STATE ENTERPRISES
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STATISTICAL SYSTEMS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
geographic_facet Ghana
description World Bank missions to Ghana were undertaken in June and October 1999 as part of a diagnosis of M&E capacities and related development options in Ghana. The government has an ambitious program of reform to improve public sector management -reforms planned or underway include a significant downsizing of the public sector, an ongoing review of its functions and structures, a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), performance plans for ministries, departments and agencies, performance agreements for senior civil servants, and extensive beneficiary surveys. An important feature of Ghana is that it is a pilot country for the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF). One of the pillars of the CDF is results and accountability, pilot countries are strongly encouraged to embrace a results based management framework and to fully embrace dialogue with civil society. The building of M&E capacities is a key vehicle to help ensure governments have the ability to measure and report on development effectiveness, to identify appropriate policy responses, and to engage civil society and NGOs more fully in these processes. Such national capacity-building also provides a counterpart to the M&E capacities of donors, which have been the focal point for results orientation in the past.
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author World Bank
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title Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
title_short Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
title_full Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
title_fullStr Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities in Ghana : A Diagnosis and Proposed Action Plan
title_sort monitoring and evaluation capacities in ghana : a diagnosis and proposed action plan
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/2863062/monitoring-evaluation-capacities-ghana-diagnosis-proposed-action-plan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15202
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