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Monitoring and evaluation

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Monitoring & evaluation: topic guide

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Designing and monitoring PFM reform: helpdesk report

M&E methods for local government performance

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
March 2018

A range of methods can be used to monitor and evaluate whether a programme/workstream has contributed to change in local governance, service delivery and economic development, and to generate understanding and knowledge that can be shared with others to support better governance, service delivery and economic development in a decentralised government system. This report ...» more

Humanitarian results indicators and how they relate to the SDGs

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Strachan
April 2017

Donor agencies use a number of indicators for humanitarian action.  In June 2016, ECHO reduced the number of KRIs (Key Results Indicators) it uses from 113 to 35 (ECHO also permits partners to combine pre-defined key results indicators with additional custom indicators).  In addition to the sectors covered in this report ECHO also has humanitarian indicators for mine action and ...» more

Decentralisation of budgeting process

Literature Review
  • Linnea Mills
January 2017

This literature review examines evidence about the impact of public financial management (PFM) interventions in the field of decentralisation of budgeting. It asks: What is the effectiveness of devolved budgeting models in relation to the efficiency of PFM systems, service delivery, budget allocation, citizen involvement, accountability and anti-corruption?  What factors ...» more

Legislative oversight in public financial management

Literature Review
  • Linnea Mills,
  • Simon De Lay
October 2016

This Rapid Evidence Assessment examines the quality of the available evidence on the effectiveness of reforms aimed at improving legislative oversight to attain improved development outcomes, and summarises the available lessons from the literature. The specific research questions considered are: What is the effectiveness of the different public finance legislative ...» more

Indicators for conflict, stability, security, justice and peacebuilding

Helpdesk Report
  • Róisín Hinds
June 2015

There are a range of indicators that have been used to measure progress in these themes, and increasing recognition of the merits of measuring achievements and progress toward goals. Global targets and indicators can play an important role in fostering collaboration, aiding prioritisation, and informing and directing flows of resources to particular contexts or problems. The ...» more

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