A-801 Wednesday Section 1 W EDNESDAY, 31 ST O CTOBER, – P. M.

Roadmap for today Housekeeping Where are we? What are the goals? Application Feedback – sticky notes 2

Housekeeping 3 Paper II is over!!! Office hours? Paper III – Dec. 20 th – we will start looking at this more closely once Paper II is back (Vet. Day)

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Where are we- Assessing the performance of a system Policy and program evaluation Curriculum, Standards & Assessment 5

M&E - 6 One of the most impt. aspects of this course - make sure you walk away with it Resources – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation J-PAL UNESCO IIEP UNICEF Innocenti Research Center UNICEF Evaluation Database World Bank Evaluation Database Other classes – Haiyan Hua’s M & E class Tom Kahne - Program Evaluation

Weiss Reading 7 What does she have to say? Summary? What are the tensions that might arise in the evaluation process?

Monitoring & Evaluation 8 There is a difference between M and E! Monitoring: The gathering of evidence to show what progress has been made in the implementation of programs. Focuses on inputs and outputs. Evaluation: Measuring changes in outcomes and evaluating the impact of specific interventions on those outcomes.

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Reflections - 12 What are the tensions b/w an insider & outsider role as an evaluator? If time is money, how does one implement process? What are the ways in which impact might be considered? How might cultural differences impact these? Creating local capacity for communities to monitor their own programs & hold states accountable for the delivery of basic services? Dissemination to the beneficiaries?!

Implementation Issues? 13 Political Economy Policy Context Methods

Political Economy 14 What is the policy purpose? Test innovations & defend budget Allocate budget to certain programs Pressure to demonstrate aid effectiveness and scale up Answer electorate Reaching Targets

Policy Context 15 What questions need answering? Who are the stakeholders who want answers? Do they also have the same amount of clout? What policy questions need answers? How much of a change would determine success? What does the government really need, and what will it use?

Methods 16 Operationalizing the outcome Process/outcome indicators Channels of impact – theory of change Underlying assumptions [log frame] Who has access to the program? Are they the same as the intended beneficiaries? Data collection – time vs. cost Analysis Dissemination

Things to think about 17 What ? Type of information and data to be consolidated How? Procedures and approaches for data collections and analysis Why? Why are we doing this – does it support the program/policy When? Freq. of data collection, reporting Who? Responsibilities and capacities of focal points and resource persons

Sticky Notes 18 1 thing that you enjoyed 1 thing that you didn’t enjoy as much