Publication: Tracking Results in Agriculture and Rural Development in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions : A Sourcebook of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation
Date
2008
ISSN
Published
2008
Author(s)
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
World Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Abstract
The purpose of this sourcebook is to
pull together into a single document a collection of common
sense tips and recommendations based on actual practices and
experience around the world. The sourcebook aims first and
foremost to help strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) capacity at the national and sub-national levels,
and to ensure a consistency of approach and methodology so
that, at the global level, sufficient reliable and timely
information can be accessed from the different countries and
used to make cross-country comparisons and to calculate
development indicators at the global level. The sourcebook
is specifically targeted towards countries where conditions
are less-than-ideal, particularly with respect to the
availability of relevant information. The sourcebook also
shows how a service delivery approach can be used to select
indicators which can generate useful, easy-to-measure early
outcome measures. It suggests that greater use be made of
qualitative indicators, such as access, use and
satisfaction. The sourcebook devotes considerable attention
to the need for a strong statistical infrastructure and
reviews the range of different statistical instruments available.
Citation
“Global Donor Platform for Rural Development; World Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2008. Tracking Results in Agriculture and Rural Development in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions : A Sourcebook of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation. © Global Donor Platform for Rural Development; World Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6200 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”