“Show me the Numbers”: Examining the Dynamics Between Evaluation and Government Performance in Developing Countries

Lesli Hoey

World Development, 2015, vol. 70, issue C, 1-12

Abstract: This paper examines the dynamics between monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and government performance in developing countries, where M&E systems are expanding rapidly. Findings in Bolivia suggest that approaches to M&E can lower staff morale, create burdensome paperwork, blind managers to operational problems and emerging innovations, and reinforce self-censorship, contributing to the very problem M&E is intended to solve. Crafted appropriately, M&E can instead become a tool to build practical judgment, increase staff motivation, and improve implementation incrementally. Ultimately, these findings contribute to efforts to design M&E that can support staff working under complex working conditions.

Keywords: monitoring and evaluation; policy implementation; development planning; malnutrition; health policy; Bolivia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.12.019

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