Chapter 1
Step 1: Conducting a Readiness Assessment
Figure 1.1 Selecting Key Indicators to Monitor Outcomes
Conducting a Readiness Assessment
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2 Agreeing on Outcomes to Monitor and Evaluate
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Planning for Improvement — Selecting Results Targets
4 Baseline Data on Indicators — Where Are We Today?
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The Role of Evaluations
6 Monitoring for Results
Using Findings
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8 Reporting Findings
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10 Sustaining the M&E System within the Organization
In the introduction we examined new challenges in public sector management—calls for increased public accountability, better governance, and demonstrable results. We introduced a new public management tool, the results-based monitoring and evaluation system, that can help policymakers respond to the increasing demands by NGOs; civil society; and national, multilateral, and international stakeholders for better performance. Finally, we reviewed the monitoring and evaluation experience in developed and developing countries, as well as the special challenges facing the developing world in building results-based M&E systems. In this chapter, we turn to Step 1 of our 10-step model (figure 1.1)—the readiness assessment. This step is a unique addition to the many M&E models that currently exist because it provides an analytical framework to assess a given country’s organizational capacity and political willingness to monitor and evaluate its goals, and de-
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