The Government Monitoring and Evaluation System in India : A Work in Progress

This paper is discusses the evolution of India s approach to monitoring and evaluation of government programs. It is organized into 8 sections. (1) Describes the Indian government structure and sets the context for the challenges of building a gove...

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Main Author:	Mehrotra, Santosh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF FUNDS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ANNUAL REPORTS ASSETS AUDIT SYSTEM AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITOR-GENERAL AUDITORS BASIC SERVICES BENEFICIARIES BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET DECISION BUDGET MANAGEMENT CAPITALS CASH MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AGENCIES CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL MINISTRIES CENTRAL MINISTRY CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONCURRENT EVALUATION CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCRETION DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION PROGRAM EVALUATION RESULTS EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYS EXPENDITURES FEDERAL CONSTITUTION FEDERAL COUNTRY FINANCIAL AUDITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FISCAL CONSOLIDATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL PRUDENCE FISCAL RELATIONS FISCAL SYSTEM FISCAL TRANSFERS FRAUD GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE GROWTH RATE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH POLICY IMPACT EVALUATION INITIATIVE INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS M&E ACTIVITIES M&E SYSTEMS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MEDIA MINISTER MINISTERS MINISTRIES OF FINANCE MINISTRY OF FINANCE MULTILATERAL AGENCIES NGO OUTCOME BUDGETING OUTPUT DATA PARTICIPATORY METHODS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS PERFORMANCE BUDGET PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MONITORING PERIODIC REVIEW PHYSICAL INDICATORS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY MAKERS POLICY-MAKERS POLITICIAN PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM MANAGERS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES PROGRAMS PROJECT EVALUATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EVALUATIONS RECURRENT EXPENDITURE REFORM PROCESS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS REVENUE-RAISING POWER SANCTION SANCTIONS SANITATION SCANDALS SECTOR MINISTRIES SERVICE PROVIDER SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL INDICATORS STATE EXPENDITURES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUCCESS INDICATORS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TAX REVENUES THEFT TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE TOWN TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPARENCY TRIAL VILLAGE VILLAGES WELFARE PROGRAM WELFARE PROGRAMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/19601217/government-monitoring-evaluation-system-india-work-progress http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19000

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Summary:	This paper is discusses the evolution of India s approach to monitoring and evaluation of government programs. It is organized into 8 sections. (1) Describes the Indian government structure and sets the context for the challenges of building a government-wide M&E system in India. (2) Outlines a short history of the evaluation system under the planning commission and its stages of development. (3) Examines the demand side of evaluation the sources of demand for accountability, especially in recent years, and for evaluation in particular, and the locus of decisions regarding the selection of which programs to monitor and evaluate. (4) Discusses supply-side and operational issues such as staffing and capacity, and technical approaches (including the type or range of methodology applied). This section also examines the role of the private sector, think tanks, and civil society. (5) Examines the new institutional arrangements M&E. This section also examines the state of management information systems (MISs), outcome budgeting encouraged by the Ministry of Finance, and the performance management system as it operates in India. (6) Discusses the new Independent Evaluation Office (which became functional recently, in 2013). (7) Highlights the fiscal issues underpinning the emerging accountability and effectiveness processes. It outlines the current system of fiscal transfers from the center to the states and the highly centralized central-state fiscal relations, and how they may affect performance and evaluation. (8) Concludes with some observations about ways forward.

The Government Monitoring and Evaluation System in India : A Work in Progress

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