num_pages: 264
description: An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance accountability and transparency greater development effectiveness and delivery of tangible results. Governments parliaments citizens the private sector NGOs civil society international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies programs and projects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a 'Readiness Assessment' and take the practitioner through the design management and more importantly the sustainability of such systems. 'Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System' describes each step in detail the tasks needed to complete each one and the tools available to help along the way.
language: English
title: Ten Steps to a Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation System: A Handbook for Development Practitioners
publisher: World Bank Publications