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IFAD

A guide for projects monitoring and evaluation
http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/index.htm

This Guide has been written to help project managers and M&E staff improve the quality of M&E in IFAD-supported projects. The Guide focuses on how M&E can support project management and engage project stakeholders in understanding project progress, learning from achievements and problems, and agreeing on how to improve both strategy and operations. The main functions of M&E are: ensuring improvement-oriented critical reflection, learning to maximize the impact of rural development projects, and showing this impact to be accountable.
The Guide is meant to improve M&E in IFAD-supported projects, as a study found that most projects have a fairly low standard of M&E. It provides comprehensive advice on how to set up and implement an M&E system, plus background ideas that underpin the suggestions. Access to online full text or downloadable PDF file is organized by sections and annexes.

Section 1 - Introducing the M&E
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/1/index.htm
The basis of the guide, how to use it www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/1/Section_1-3DEF.pdf (279 ko)
Section 2 - Using M&E to Manage Impact
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/2/index.htm
Section 3 - Linking Project Design, Annual Planning and M&E
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/3/index.htm
Section 4 - Setting up the M&E System
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/4/index.htm
Section 5 - Deciding What to Monitor and Evaluate
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/5/index.htm
Section 6 - Gathering, Managing and Communicating Information
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/6/index.htm
Section 7 - Putting in Place the Necessary Capacities and Conditions
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/7/index.htm
Section 8 - Reflecting Critically to Improve Action
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/8/index.htm
Annex A Glossary of M&E Concepts and Terms
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/annexa/index.htm
Annex B - Annotated Example of a Project Logframe Matrix
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/annexb/index.htm
Annex C - Annotated Example of an M&E Matrix
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/annexc/index.htm
Annex D - Methods for Monitoring and Evaluation
www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/annexd/index.htm

 
  WORLD BANK

Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD), Operations Evaluation Department (OED), World Bank
www.worldbank.org/oed/ecd/
Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) is part of the Operations and Evaluations Department (OED) of the World Bank. It encompasses a number of types of action to build and strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems in borrowing countries, and has particular focus on the national and sectoral levels.
ECD focuses on measuring the performance of governments (including at the ministry, programme and project levels) and also supports M&E capacity-building for civil society, as contributors to M&E information, as users of it, and in some cases as producers of it. The ECD website provides access to all of their publications

 
  AID AGENCIES

USAID EvalWeb :
www.dec.org/partners/evalweb/
USAID's EvalWeb is a central resource for evaluation practitioners as well as those generally interested in evaluation and programme assessment. The site points out that evaluations should be driven by a real need for information. This information should be used by management to improve programmes and policies. In addition, evaluations should serve as a valuable tool through which international organizations learn and improve.

The site offers:

  • tools and resources to help you with evaluations ;
  • contact information and links to other evaluators and evaluation organisations ;
  • lists and links to recent and upcoming evaluations ;
  • a collaborative online community where practitioners and others can exchange ideas and resources.
   
  NGOs AND NETWORKS

Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS (MandE News)
www.mande.co.uk/
Internet based news service focusing on innovations in monitoring and evaluation methods that are relevant to development projects with social development objectives. Contents include: Coming Events, Work in Progress, New Documents, Books Noted, Editorial, Current issue plus archives available on WWW. See also the Open Forum for reader's postings of information requests and M&E consultants wanted / positions vacant.

   

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