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Home»Monitoring and evaluation»M&E approaches»Value for money

Value for money

Measuring results

Topic Guide
  • Claire Mcloughlin,
  • Oliver Walton
January 2012

How can the impact of governance and social development programmes be assessed with a view to improving their efficiency and effectiveness? What particular challenges are involved in monitoring and evaluating development interventions, and how can these be addressed? How can the ‘value for money’ of a particular intervention be determined? Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) ...» more

Impact and VFM of Capacity Building Support for Conflict Parties in Negotiations

Helpdesk Report
  • Oliver Walton
December 2011

This report assesses the impact and value for money (VFM) of international support to government and rebel capacity building for negotiations. It finds that there has been little sustained analysis of the impact of this kind of support. Few donor evaluations focus specifically on these activities and those that do are often not made public (expert comments). No studies were ...» more

Value for Money

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
September 2010

DFID appears to have gone the furthest among aid agencies in developing the concept of ‘value for money’ (VFM). It is the only agency that explicitly uses the terminology frequently in its policies and procedures and has a Value for Money department. DFID’s approach to VFM involves ‘assessing whether level of results achieved represent good value for money against the costs ...» more

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