Building Better Policies : The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this under a tight fiscal environment. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure their policies and programs are as ef...

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Main Authors:	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Krause, Philipp, Mackay, Keith
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ANALYTICAL TOOL ANALYTICAL WORK ATTRIBUTES BASELINE DATA BASIC CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CERTIFICATE CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER COPYRIGHT CORRUPTION COUNTRY EXAMPLES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS E DEVELOPMENT E-GOVERNANCE E-MAIL ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK ENGINEERING EVALUATION RESULTS EVALUATION SYSTEM EVALUATORS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARMONIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS IMPACT EVALUATION IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS INSTITUTIONAL SETUP INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS LEARNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK LICENSES LIVING STANDARDS M&E M&E ACTIVITIES M&E ARRANGEMENTS M&E CAPACITY M&E DESIGN M&E SYSTEMS M&E TOOLS MATERIAL MENU MONITORING DATA MONITORING TOOLS NATURAL EXTENSION OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OUTCOME DATA PARTICIPATORY APPROACH PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICY ANALYSTS POLICY DECISION POLICY DESIGN POLICY REVIEW POLITICAL SCIENCE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITATIVE METHODS QUALITY OF SERVICE QUANTITATIVE METHODS QUERIES REDUCING POVERTY RELIABILITY RESULT RISK FACTOR SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROMOTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SUPERVISION SURVEY DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN TARGETS TAXONOMY TECHNICAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION TECHNICAL QUALITY TELEPHONE TRANSPARENCY USER USER FEEDBACK USES WEB WEB SITE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16234384/building-better-policies-nuts-bolts-monitoring-evaluation-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6015

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Summary:	Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this under a tight fiscal environment. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure their policies and programs are as effective, and as efficient, as possible. An emphasis on government performance has led a number of governments to create formal systems for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) their performance on a regular, planned, and systematic basis with the objective of improving it. The focus of this book is on these government M&E systems: what they comprise, how they are built and managed, and how they can be used to improve government performance. M&E systems focus on measuring the results produced by government its outputs, outcomes, and impacts. The M&E system may exist at the level of an individual agency, entire sector, or the government as a whole. M&E can provide unique information about the performance of government policies, programs, and projects at the national, sector, and sub-national levels. It can identify what works, what does not, and the reasons why. M&E also provides information about the performance of a government, of individual ministries and agencies, and of managers and their staff. This book endeavors to expand the frontiers of issues that have been researched and analyzed. However, there are still a number of issues that are still not understood well enough. This book presents case studies on several countries that have succeeded in achieving high levels of utilization of M&E information, including Australia, Canada, Chile, and Mexico.

Building Better Policies : The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

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