State of monitoring and evaluation in Anglophone Africa: Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa’s reflections

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dc.contributor.authorMorkel, Candice
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Dugan
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-09T09:50:59Z
dc.date.available2020-11-09T09:50:59Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-06
dc.descriptionThis article is an overview of what the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) is currently learning in its work implementing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity strengthening programmes in our partner countries. This article is based on the reflections drawn from the authors’ experiences and the work of CLEARAA in strengthening M&E systems across the continent. It serves as a contribution to larger ongoing strategic conversations about how to promote evidence-informed decision-making for better development outcomes. The article begins with a discussion on systems broadly and M&E systems in particular, with a specific focus on some of the historical roots of the current ways in which M&E is defined and implemented in African systems of governance. We continue to discuss the various elements that come into play in establishing and institutionalising M&E systems, in particular the ‘M&E Market’ and the demand for evidence, where we also challenge the notion of the unidirectional demand and supply chain of evaluation. The institutional architecture within which M&E systems operate is next discussed, and how the formal (and informal) laws, policies, boundaries and rules continue to provide some degree of leverage in support of these systems. The article finally addresses two key elements of developing and sustaining M&E systems: the role of leadership and developing an evaluative culture. The authors explain why these elements, which often receive less attention than the technical elements in building and strengthening M&E systems, carry such weight in sustaining national evaluation systems.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2020en_ZA
dc.facultyCLMen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2306-5133
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/30109
dc.journal.titleState of monitoring and evaluation in Anglophone Africa: Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa’s reflectionsen_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Evaluation Journalen_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectState of Monitoring and evaluationen_ZA
dc.subjectM&E in Anglophone Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectIntegration on M&E in management systemen_ZA
dc.subjectM&E demanden_ZA
dc.titleState of monitoring and evaluation in Anglophone Africa: Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa’s reflectionsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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