Health Services and Policy

Useful 32-page "how-to" document concerning how to carry out M&E, what to consider, what to look out for, provides templates for tools like a logical framework (log frame) and examples that demonstrate how to use provided tools. Purpose is to encourage readers to ensure that the M&E Plan and Evaluation Plan are feasible both in terms of the capacity of WFP and its partners to implement them and the budget and other resources available. Intesting aspects of document: inclusion of "Beneficiary Contact Monitoring" which aims to assess the satisfaction of people involved in the project (i.e....

In this document, Davies provides an overview of themes, discussion, and lessons learned from last month's Seminar. The document is organized by the following headings: Principles and lessons for performance oriented reform Highlights from recent literature on results-based budgeting Case study summaries and highlights from the practice review on results based budgeting and results based management in multilateral organisations Success factors for results based budgeting Implications for a Process Approach to Policy ...

The primary purpose of this manual is to help communities improve the quality of their programs aimed at preventing or reducing drug use among youth. Funders are increasingly mandating “accountability” for the public or private funds they provide by demanding high-quality outcome data to determine the success of programs....

In 2011, SFCG implemented the OXFAM GB cholera prevention emergency program by producing a series of radio spots and programs in the provinces of Equateur, Bandundu and the city-province of Kinshasa. The goals of this four months program (July 25th – November 25th, 2011) was to provide the population with quality information about cholera prevention and to promote positive attitudes and changes towards the prevention of this epidemic....

This manual attempts to be a practical step-by-step guide to prepare and carryout benchmarking and impact analyses of projects. The audience is policy makers, mainlyin the research or strategic departments of ministries. However, more operationaldepartments may also have an interest in the concepts explained....

USAID has a long history of establishing performance monitoring systems in a wide range of post-conflict situations around the world. In light of two major post-conflict programs (Afghanistan and Iraq), USAID commissioned Management Systems International (MSI) to undertake a desk review of the state of the art for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in post-conflict societies. After a systematic review of existing literature and interviews with policymakers and practitioners, MSI prepared this report, which has three components....

The purpose of this manual is to familiarize users with RRA and PRA methods, to demonstrate the applicability of these methods to CRS funded projects, and to encourage the rigorous application of the methods in order to obtain the best results....