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Transcript of Towards a M&E toolkit for Egypt's agricultural development projects
Towards a Monitoring and Impact
Evaluation Toolkit for Agricultural
Development Projects In Egypt
APRIL 21, 2016 | CAIRO, EGYPT
Clemens Breisinger
Hagar ElDidi
What is monitoring and evaluation?
Monitoring is the continuous tracking of information about a project, sector or policy to inform stakeholders of progress, outcomes, and corrective action that may be needed for achieving goals
Evaluations are periodic and systematic assessments to identify the effects of a program, project, or policy (intended or unintended; positive or negative) for accountability and learning.
Source: Own definition based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Why is monitoring and evaluation useful
• “More bang for the buck”
• Accountability
• Identify problems early and propose solutions
• Provide the evidential basis for building consensus between stakeholders
• Develop a knowledge base of what works, what does not and why
Source: Based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Lessons learned for successfully
introducing M&E tools
• Choice of objectives, indicators and tools is critical – Be very clear and realistic in the description of project objectives,
components and implementation arrangements – Choose clearly meaningful, measurable and monitorable indicators– Tailor M&E data collection and tools to institutional needs and build
capacity
• Institutional arrangements and acceptance matter– Build ownership and participation by project staff and the
stakeholders– Integrate M&E with management information and action systems
of the project– Clear assignment of responsibilities and allocation of resources
Source: Based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Key steps for success
1. Decide why you want to do M&E
2. Clarify your specific objectives and theory of change
3. Decide which projects you want to monitor and assess
4. Choose and specify indicators
5. Identify what data you need to collect
6. Decide how you will collect your data
7. Decide which analytical tools to use
8. Decide who to involve in the different stages
9. Decide how to communicate the information to decision makers (and others)
Source: Based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Examples of monitoring tools
• Logical framework
• Rapid appraisal methods
• Participatory methods
• Public expenditure tracking
• Mapping/GIS applications
Source: Based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Using spatial mapping tools for project
monitoring
• Developing an online remote data entry system
• Spatial monitoring and evaluation of project impacts
– visually appealing and intuitive when monitoring progress.
• First steps
– Building a database with project information (based on needs assessment)
– Remote data entry into system to monitor progress
• Eventual results based monitoring: tracking development outcomes
Building a project database
• Review available data
• Decide preferred categorization
• Collect and format data
• Enter on database
• Track progress (visuals)
• Update database
Project data collection
Data processing
Work FlowData entry
Visual monitoring
Examples of evaluation tools
• Experimental design (is the “gold standard” among IE)
• Quasi-experimental design
• Performance evaluation
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Desk review
Source: Based on various sources (see last slide on useful resources)
Programstart
Programend
Time
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Impact Evaluation: A Visual Example
Outcome
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Source: Dan Gilligan, 2015. IFPRI
Programstart
Programend
Time
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Outcome
Evaluation
Question:
How much of
this change
is due to the
program?
Impact Evaluation: A Visual Example
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Source: Dan Gilligan, 2015. IFPRI
Programstart
Programend
Time
Program
Impact
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Outcome
Effect of
other factors
Impact Evaluation: A Visual Example
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Source: Dan Gilligan, 2015. IFPRI
Next steps
• Conduct a rigorous and comprehensive M&E needs assessment with MoALR
• Build a project mapping tool of existing projects by international partners
Useful resourcesGeneral:• http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/technologies/projects/mesc/gu
ide-to-monitoring-and-evaluation-v1-march2014.pdf• http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/24cc3bb1f94ae1
1c85256808006a0046/a5efbb5d776b67d285256b1e0079c9a3/$FILE/MandE_tools_methods_approaches.pdf
General agriculture and rural development:• http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/am292e/am292e00.pdf• https://assets.mcc.gov/reports/paper-2012001116901-principles-
impact-evaluations.pdfAgricultural extension and research: • http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTARD/Resources/ARD_DP20.
pdf• http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/127187