Devising an Appropriate Strategy for Capacity Building of a National Monitoring and Evaluation System : Lessons from Selected African Countries

Lahey, Robert

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: DEVELOPMENT PLAN;    USERS;    HARMONIZATION;    RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;    RELIABILITY;   

RP-ID  :  96638

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note examines key stages ofnational monitoring and evaluation systems’ (NMESs)development in different country contexts and argues fortailored approaches to building M and E capacities. Thedevelopment of NMESs rests on four building blocks - visionof leadership, an enabling environment, capacity to supplyand analyze M and E information, and capacity to demand anduse M and E information. Developing countries can differsignificantly in their performance along these fourdimensions - some have virtually no NMES, while others areat a much more advanced stage where reliable and timely Mand E information is generated and used. Most developingcountries likely fall in between. Using the example of fiveAfrican countries, this note discusses the differences andsimilarities in capacity-building needs for countries atdifferent levels of NMES development.