Limitations of Monitoring & Evaluation

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dc.descriptionMonitoring and evaluation in development projects face serious limitations, especially for NGDOs. Challenges include unclear baselines, complex cause-effect relationships, and a bias toward measuring activities rather than long-term impact. Target-fixation can overlook unintended effects and sustainability. Scientific methods like control groups often fall short, while outsider-led evaluations risk disempowering communities.
dc.description.abstractThis paper begins by looking at the aim of the monitoring and evaluation process. It is often difficult to put this process in practice. Various limitations are discussed including the main constraint of developing the right indicators to get a realistic output. The paper is of the view that monitoring must be multi-functional so that information generated at one level is useful in the next. In evaluation, with a good baseline as a reference point, the key is to link effects to causes so that NGOs can assess their contribution to change.
dc.identifier.citationK. Eckman, (1993) Use of Indicators of unsustainability in Development programmes Impact Assessment Fall Vol. II
dc.identifier.urihttp://192.9.200.215:4000/handle/123456789/734
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectNGDOs (Non-Governmental Development Organizations)
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectMonitoring
dc.subjectEvaluation
dc.subjectParticipatory methods
dc.titleLimitations of Monitoring & Evaluation
dc.typeWorking Paper

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