Building Better Policies The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

• Main Authors: Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Krause, Philipp, Mackay, Keith, Mackay, Keith Robin
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Herndon World Bank Publications 2012; The World Bank; Washington, DC: World Bank
• Edition: 1
• Series: World Bank Training Series
• Subjects: Accountability; ACTION PLAN; Administrative agencies; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS; ANALYTICAL TOOL; ANALYTICAL WORK; ATTRIBUTES; Australia; BASELINE DATA; BASIC; Canada; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; CERTIFICATE; Chile; CIVIL SERVICE; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; COMPONENTS; CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER; COPYRIGHT; CORRUPTION; COUNTRY EXAMPLES; DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION; DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP; DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS; E DEVELOPMENT; E-GOVERNANCE; E-MAIL; ECONOMIC COOPERATION; ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK; ENGINEERING; Evaluation; EVALUATION RESULTS; EVALUATION SYSTEM; EVALUATORS; GOOD GOVERNANCE; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; GOVERNMENT POLICY; GOVERNMENT SERVICES; HARMONIZATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; Human services; ICT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IMPACT EVALUATION; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSTITUTION; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS; INSTITUTIONAL SETUP; INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT; INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; INTERVENTION; LABOR MARKETS; LEARNING; LEGAL FRAMEWORK; LICENSES; LIVING STANDARDS; M&E; M&E ACTIVITIES; M&E ARRANGEMENTS; M&E CAPACITY; M&E DESIGN; M&E SYSTEMS; M&E TOOLS; MATERIAL; MENU; Mexico; Monitoring; MONITORING DATA; MONITORING TOOLS; NATURAL EXTENSION; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE INDICATOR; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; POLICY ANALYSTS; POLICY DECISION; POLICY DESIGN; POLICY REVIEW; POLITICAL SCIENCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY REDUCTION; POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; Public finance; PUBLIC POLICIES; PUBLIC RESOURCES; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICES; QUALITATIVE METHODS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; QUERIES; REDUCING POVERTY; RELIABILITY; RESULT; RISK FACTOR; SERVICE DELIVERY; SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INDICATORS; SOCIAL POLICIES; SOCIAL PROGRAMS; SOCIAL PROMOTION; SOCIAL PROTECTION; SUPERVISION; SURVEY DESIGN; SYSTEM DESIGN; Systems analysis; TARGETS; TAXONOMY; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TECHNICAL COOPERATION; TECHNICAL QUALITY; TELEPHONE; TRANSPARENCY; USER; USER FEEDBACK; USES; WEB; WEB SITE; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; MONITORING
• ISBN: 9780821387771; 0821387774
• DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8777-1

Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this while restraining taxation levels. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure their policies and programs are as effective, and as efficient, as possible. An emphasis on government performance has led a number of governments to create formal systems for monitoring and evaluating their performance--on a regular, planned, and systematic basis--with the objective of improving it. The focus of this book is on these government monitoring and evaluation (M and E) systems: what they comprise, how they are built and managed, and how they can be used to improve government performance.