Monitoring and Evaluating Development Projects: The South Asian Experience

摘要

The book describes the organizational arrangements for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development projects in South Asia. It also reports on the opinions of M&E practitioners, experts, development planners, and project managers on the strengths and weaknesses of these arrangements and on the management systems and research methodologies used for M&E in the region. The information is derived from a South Asian seminar on 'M&E of Development Projects' organized by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank in cooperation with the Pakistan Administrative Staff College (PASCOL). The seminar was attended by directors of national M&E agencies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Observers were also invited from Burma and China. All participants were asked to prepare papers on the organization of M&E in their countries. Also, a review paper on approaches to M&E in the countries of South Asia was commissioned. The report describes the current status of M&E in each country and attempts to synthesize the seminar discussions with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of current systems and methodologies. Recommendations are included with respect to organizational arrangements for M&E at the national, sectoral, and project levels; management issues; methodological issues; and the organization of M&E training programs. (Copyright (c) 1989 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.)