Monitoring and evaluation at the national level (II)• A welcome proposition

The first part of this article was published on Wednesday May 10, 2017.

Role of M&E in
National Development

M&E are integral part of the planning process. As noted earlier, M&E provides information on the deviations from set goals/targets and corrective measures to programmes/projects, strategies, activities, policies implemented for national development. Without it, national development programmes would suffer from the culture of “business as usual” as opposed to the culture of continuous improvement. There are other challenges: there is often too much focus on activities without assessing the results; monitoring and reporting is done merely for compliance; as well as insufficient measurement, collection and analysis of data to inform improvements in project outcomes. An established M&E systems will produce detailed information on the effects and impacts of the projects, programm