Publication: Devising an Appropriate Strategy for Capacity Building of a National Monitoring and Evaluation System: Lessons from Selected African Countries
Date
2015-04
ISSN
Published
2015-04
Author(s)
Lahey, Robert
Abstract
This note examines key stages of
national monitoring and evaluation systems’ (NMESs)
development in different country contexts and argues for
tailored approaches to building M and E capacities. The
development of NMESs rests on four building blocks - vision
of leadership, an enabling environment, capacity to supply
and analyze M and E information, and capacity to demand and
use M and E information. Developing countries can differ
significantly in their performance along these four
dimensions - some have virtually no NMES, while others are
at a much more advanced stage where reliable and timely M
and E information is generated and used. Most developing
countries likely fall in between. Using the example of five
African countries, this note discusses the differences and
similarities in capacity-building needs for countries at
different levels of NMES development.
Citation
“Lahey, Robert. 2015. Devising an Appropriate Strategy for Capacity Building of a National Monitoring and Evaluation System : Lessons from Selected African Countries. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22079 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”