COMPASS: Tracking monitoring and evaluation developments in Anglophone Africa
Date
2018
Authors
CLEAR-AA
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Publisher
CLEAR-AA
Abstract
Much of the existing literature around M&E and evaluation systems is based
on European, North American and Latin American theory and practice,
with little written about African M&E systems. For example, a study by the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2016)
explores evaluation systems in development cooperation focusing on 37
members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on
Development Evaluation (EvalNet) and nine multilateral organisations,
including six development banks, the European Commission, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). Another example is Rosenstein’s (2015) Mapping the Status of
National Evaluation Policies in South Asia. The Compass offers a snapshot of
developments in M&E in Anglophone African countries and is designed to
inform CLEAR-AA and development partners’ understanding of M&E systems
and planning for capacity development interventions in these countries, as
well as contribute to public debate on the development of national M&E
systems, institutionalisation of evaluation, and use of M&E evidence in the
larger African context.
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Keywords
Monitoring & Evaluation in Africa, COMPASS