Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United Nations Development Programme Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management by objectives.

Participatory monitoring and evaluation (Project management).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handbook provides comprehensive guidance on planning, monitoring, and evaluating for development results, emphasizing a results-based management (RBM) approach. It highlights the importance of national ownership, capacity development, and human development in achieving effective development cooperation. The handbook is designed to assist UNDP staff and other development professionals in managing programs and projects by offering strategies and methodologies for implementing RBM principles. It serves as a valuable resource for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of development initiatives, focusing on stakeholder engagement, monitoring, evaluation, and the alignment of development goals with national priorities. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Table of contents

Acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction

1. Planning, monitoring and evaluation for development results

2. Planning for results: Practical applications

3. Planning for monitoring and evaluation

4. Monitoring for results

5. Evaluating for results

6. Initiating and managing an evaluation

7. Assuring the quality of evaluation design and methodology

8. Enhancing the use of knowledge from monitoring and evaluation

Annexes

Annex 1. References

Annex 2. Field visit report format

Annex 3. Evaluation terms of reference template and quality standards

Annex 4. Global, regional and national evaluation networks

Annex 5. Selecting evaluators: Individuals versus firms

Annex 6. Management response template

Annex 7. Evaluation report template and quality standards

Annex 8. Resources for evaluation

Index Generated by AI.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9789210545709

9210545702

OCLC:

1409683282