Publication: Assessing Country Readiness for Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation to Support Results Informed Budgeting
Date
2011-01
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Published
2011-01
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Abstract
This brief provides an overview of the
role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in informing
budgetary decisions and presents one tool: the readiness
assessment - that can help determine the M&E capacity
and demand present in a country. Case studies on the use of
this assessment are included from Egypt, Romania, and a
country in East Asia. This assessment tool focuses on
collecting baseline information on how well positioned a
government is to design, build and sustain a results-based
M&E system. It is divided into three sections:
incentives; roles and responsibilities; and capacity
building. There are 40 questions in the instrument that
cluster into eight areas. These questions identify issues at
the national, sub-national, or sector-wide levels of
government, rather than at the program or project level. The
readiness assessment tool seeks to assist individual
governments, the donor community, and their multiple
development partners also involved in public sector reform
to systematically address the requisites (present or not)
for a results-based M&E system. With the information
garnered from this effort, development partners can help
address the challenges inherent in improving on the current
system used to track progress towards achieving the results
from government action.
Citation
“Kusek, Jody Zall. 2011. Assessing Country Readiness for Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation to Support Results Informed Budgeting. Global Expert Team (GET) Brief. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/fab6a3ee-65f9-58a5-ae0a-436fa9f2a27d License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”