Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note

This Good Practice Note aims to assist Task Teams of the World Bank and their colleagues in the client countries develop and implement effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for agricultural research and extension projects and progra...

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Main Authors: Rajalahti, Riikka, Woelcke, Johannes, Pehu, Eija
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2022
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spelling okr-10986-371692022-03-19T05:10:32Z Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note Rajalahti, Riikka Woelcke, Johannes Pehu, Eija AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MONITORING AND EVALUATION CHALLENGES FRAMEWORK REQUIREMENTS DATA COLLECTION REPORTING DISSEMINATION PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES IMPACT COMPETITIVE GRANTS SCHEMES NEW APPROACHES LOGICAL AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK This Good Practice Note aims to assist Task Teams of the World Bank and their colleagues in the client countries develop and implement effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for agricultural research and extension projects and programs. The chapters in this Note provide a step-by-step guide for achieving that objective, with emphasis on the World Bank M&E requirements and the specific nature of agricultural research and extension projects. Chapter 1 titled "Challenges for M&E Systems in Agricultural Research and Extension Projects" and Appendix 1 titled "Narratives of New Approaches and Instruments in ARE Systems" discuss the M&E challenges in agricultural research and extension projects; and provide additional information on the forces driving the changes in agricultural research and extension systems as well as on the typical approaches and instruments applied in agricultural research and extension systems and projects. The Note emphasizes the World Bank's M&E Requirements at the design stage, namely the introduction of the Results Framework and the associated requirements in the Project Appraisal Document. Chapter 2 describes the key issues in the results framework which are (a) development of a clear project development objective and project components, and (b) the importance of developing measurable and realistic project outcome and intermediate outcome indicators. In addition, Appendix 2 summarizes the Bank's M&E steps throughout the Project Cycle and Appendix 3 provides further details and references on the Logical Framework. A list of indicators, with emphasis on institutional, social, and environmental sustainability, and data sources for agricultural research and extension Projects are provided in Appendix 4. 2022-03-18T13:52:12Z 2022-03-18T13:52:12Z 2005 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/662641468339055429/Monitoring-and-evaluation-for-World-Bank-agricultural-research-and-extension-projects-a-good-practice-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37169 English en_US Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper;No. 20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper World
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topic AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
CHALLENGES
FRAMEWORK REQUIREMENTS
DATA COLLECTION
REPORTING
DISSEMINATION
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES
IMPACT
COMPETITIVE GRANTS SCHEMES
NEW APPROACHES
LOGICAL AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
CHALLENGES
FRAMEWORK REQUIREMENTS
DATA COLLECTION
REPORTING
DISSEMINATION
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES
IMPACT
COMPETITIVE GRANTS SCHEMES
NEW APPROACHES
LOGICAL AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK
Rajalahti, Riikka
Woelcke, Johannes
Pehu, Eija
Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
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description This Good Practice Note aims to assist Task Teams of the World Bank and their colleagues in the client countries develop and implement effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for agricultural research and extension projects and programs. The chapters in this Note provide a step-by-step guide for achieving that objective, with emphasis on the World Bank M&E requirements and the specific nature of agricultural research and extension projects. Chapter 1 titled "Challenges for M&E Systems in Agricultural Research and Extension Projects" and Appendix 1 titled "Narratives of New Approaches and Instruments in ARE Systems" discuss the M&E challenges in agricultural research and extension projects; and provide additional information on the forces driving the changes in agricultural research and extension systems as well as on the typical approaches and instruments applied in agricultural research and extension systems and projects. The Note emphasizes the World Bank's M&E Requirements at the design stage, namely the introduction of the Results Framework and the associated requirements in the Project Appraisal Document. Chapter 2 describes the key issues in the results framework which are (a) development of a clear project development objective and project components, and (b) the importance of developing measurable and realistic project outcome and intermediate outcome indicators. In addition, Appendix 2 summarizes the Bank's M&E steps throughout the Project Cycle and Appendix 3 provides further details and references on the Logical Framework. A list of indicators, with emphasis on institutional, social, and environmental sustainability, and data sources for agricultural research and extension Projects are provided in Appendix 4.
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author Rajalahti, Riikka
Woelcke, Johannes
Pehu, Eija
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Pehu, Eija
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title Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
title_short Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
title_full Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
title_fullStr Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank Agricultural Research and Extension Projects : A Good Practice Note
title_sort monitoring and evaluation for world bank agricultural research and extension projects : a good practice note
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/662641468339055429/Monitoring-and-evaluation-for-World-Bank-agricultural-research-and-extension-projects-a-good-practice-note
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