The case of local government water projects in mkuranga, tanzania. Monitoring and evaluation in the development sector. A manual on monitoring and evaluation for alternative. We are eager to facilitate discussion to further explore some of the challenges. Evaluating barriers to effective implementation of project. A quarterly knowledge publication from independent development evaluation at the african development bank group introduction declared the international year of evaluation by evalpartners, 2015 appears to be the right moment to reflect on the rationale and challenges for performing impact evaluations of development programs. In evaluating the results of the survey on the barriers faced during the implementation of project monitoring and evaluation in the ghanaian construction industry, this research was interested in the significance of each barrier to the implementation of project monitoring and evaluation practices in ghana.
Over the past years, the global challenges to sustainable development have been driven by a broad set of megatrends, such as changing demographic profiles, changing economic and social dynamics, advancements in technology and trends towards environmental deterioration. Monitoring and evaluation in the development sector9 2014 kpmg international cooperative kpmg international. Impact evaluation is a method used at the resultsstage of projects to analyze differences in outcomes, with and without the program. Under the expression of monitoring and evaluation, it now constitutes an autonomous discipline, with professional associations, conferences and publications. Common issues affecting monitoring and evaluation of large ilo projects strategies to address them by robert lahey the responsibility for opinions expressed in this document rests solely with the authors. Managers need to deal with extremely complex social, economic, and political factors that affect the delivery of goods and services.
Problems of project management in developing countries. This2009versionofthehandbookonplanning,monitoringandevaluatingfor developmentresultsaimstosupportundpinbecomingmoreresultsorientedand. The world bank has started an initiative called development impact evaluation that aims to increase the number of world bankfinanced projects with impact evaluations, and to build knowledge gained from completed. Common issues affecting monitoring and evaluation of large ilo. The data was analysed qualitatively using thematic content analysis. The publication does not constitute an endorsement by the international labour organization. This in turn has led to a greater understanding of the challenges faced when attempting to collect and access the right data that improves the work outputs, at the same time as demonstrating accountability to both donors and beneficiaries. Stirrat university of sussex, uk over the past 20 years, the development industry has changed rapidly and now presents evaluators with a series of new challenges. Systematic monitoring and evaluation increases the efficiency of the planning process and implementation of measures, helps to optimise the use of resources and provides empirical evidence for future planning and appraisal of transport measures. The overall purpose of designing evaluation studies is to set up conditions and proce dures for data collection that enable meaningful and accurate interpretations to be made about the phenomenon under consideration.
Evaluators of development projects and official assistance. Projects included cataloguing evaluation reports from the past two years and evaluation plans for the upcoming year. Then, the chairperson has selected to organize and facilitate overall implementa tion of monitoring and evaluation process. Current challenges in development evaluation 193 current challenges in development evaluation sean conlin and roderick l. In south africa, local government is responsible for delivering basic services e. Implementation challenges facing performance management systems in south african. Challenges in monitoring and evaluation world bank. The challenges of monitoring and evaluating programmes december 2009 the recent focus on the need to measure or demonstrate. Challenges and recommendations for evaluating suicide. Highquality monitoring of information encourages timely decisionmaking, ensures project accountability, and provides a robust foundation for evaluation and learning. Pardev, development cooperation internal guidance manual 2015. To identify the challenges facing project monitoring and evaluation in nigerian local government. Using smart indicators that cut across a large number of projects in multiple. Henry bennett one of the most common issues facing companies today is that they concentrate their management efforts on executing individual projects, but fail to understand the impact of these on the wider business.
Monitoring and evaluation of research projects are carried out at di fferent levels namely research teams, research process, center, and institute. Common issues affecting lessons learned monitoring and. It is intended to support country offices in aligning their monitoring and evaluation systems with rbm methodologyspecifically in tracking and measuring the performance of undp. Our motivation for both the paper and presentation is our experience of stakeholder participation as an integral but challenging part of evaluation. Key challenges for monitoring and evaluation practice in. Challenges in the implementation of community development. The recent focus on the need to measure or demonstrate. As their purpose is to enhance development results, evaluations should be useful primarily to the partner countries, as well as for undp to improve its operations. Human capacity challenges in the implementation of a. Kpmg international provides no client services and is a swiss entity with which the independent member firms of the kpmg network are affiliated. Botswana is facing one of its greatest development challenges at the moment. Those that do may require a significant amount of customization or manual. Progress and challenges of monitoring and evaluation systems in latin america. This publication, the handbook on monitoring and evaluating for results, a d d r e s s e s the monitoring and evaluation of development results.
To examine the nexus between project monitoring, evaluation and project performance. The authors discuss issues related to constraints on the research design in schools, the recruitment of schools and participants within schools, program and evaluation implementation issues, the iterative implementationevaluation cycle, and the dissemination of programs and study findings. The impact of imperious rationalityexamines the problems that organizations. Monitoring and evaluation practices and challenges of gaborone. Typical challenges for the effective use of monitoring and evaluation are. Monitoring and evaluation for better development results. Key challenges for monitoring and evaluation practice in africa. Implementation challenges and promising approaches for the. Though it is recent, evaluation of development programs and projects is a growing and increasingly visible practice in developing countries.
According to ipdet 2007, monitoring is a continuous process of collecting and. In evaluating the results of the survey on the barriers faced during the implementation of project monitoring and evaluation in the ghanaian construction industry, this research was interested in the significance of each barrier to the implementation of project monitoring and evaluation practices in. Challenges and opportunities, ieval think piece no. How can results become part of the budgetdecision process. Impact assessment of regional development and peace programs in colombia. Exploring the history and challenges of monitoring and. Identify and strengthen processes to ensure that evidence is used in policy. Monitoring and evaluation is aimed at tracking projects and programs with a view to delivering desired measurable results against prior set benchmarks. Findings from the study revealed that sakhisizwe local municipality encountered various challenges such as skills shortage, corruption, poor infrastructure, lack of monitoring and evaluation on development projects, a poor revenue base among others. Data collection monitoring and evaluation and data analysis group presentation, report write up and communicating results figure 1. Utilisation of monitoring and evaluation systems by. It has evoked considerable interest throughout the development community as an approach that can address the increasingly intertwined challenges faced by development practitioners.
Each topic summary includes a description of challenges that evaluators have faced with the specific evaluation topic, recommendations evaluators made to overcome these challenges, a case study, aian and statespecific challenges when applicable, and. To suggest appropriate recommendations within the context of the identified problems. The challenges for monitoring and evaluation in the 1990s. The challenges of monitoring and evaluating programmes. The challenges of development projects pm4dev blog. Projects monitoring and evaluation issues and challenges a. Organizations implementing projects in less developed nations must confront and resolve numerous challenges not typically encountered by those organizations realizing projects in more developed nations. Monitoring takes place when a program is implemented, and evaluation at the end of a project. The research recommended efficient monitoring and evaluation on cdf projects in order to achieve the intended objectives. Participatory monitoring and evaluation has seen attempts to include a range of. Here are five major challenges facing the impact evaluation community.
It is through the continuous monitoring of project performance that you have an opportunity to learn about what is working well and what challenges are arising. Monitoring and evaluation in the development sector5 2014 kpmg international cooperative kpmg international. It could also be used to discuss outcomes and beneficiary impact assessment of projects and programs, especially in the social service sector. Factors affecting the efectiveness of monitoring and. Monitoring and evaluation for ad projects tools and methods for field test. Challenges in the evaluation and implementation of school. The design and process of the training workshop on monitoring and evaluation for alternative development ad projects. The development evaluation industry is facing current and future severe challenges that impede achieving development effectiveness and fostering harmonisation, this calls for urgent actions and. Evaluators attempt to gather and organize information that will illuminate the options faced by societal decisionmakers.
Pdf construction projects monitoring and evaluation is a vital process in. Pdf evaluating barriers to effective implementation of project. This dissertation study challenges in practicing monitoring and evaluation. Recommendations were made to the central government to take a leading role in monitoring the returns to the public by creating public awareness and. Most monitoring and evaluation systems fail to provide scalable solutions to. Development projects operate in challenging environments, where uncertainties about the future increase the risk to the project. Globally, citizens want better and more services to maintain or improve their livelihoods. On a measurement level, this kind of gap negatively impacts the ability to monitor, evaluate and report on project performance. This articlea summary of a larger, critical study titled project planning for developing countries. The research recommended efficient monitoring and evaluation on cdf projects in. Monitoring and evaluation activities deliver data about the progress of the sustainable urban mobility plan sump development process and the impact of. Development projects are implemented in some of the most remote and difficult locations.