Designing Methodologies for Participatory Monitoring and Impact Assessment of CSIP's Intervensions on Different Verifiable Indicators
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1996-10-07
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This report is a detailed document of the consultation, field testing and fine tunning of the various participatory impact assessment methodologies developed by the core group of specialists of Community Development, Health and Engineering sectors of the Calcutta Slum Improvement Project, Calcutta, under the guidance of Kamal Kar, ODA Consultant. During July 1996 an ODA consultancy mission reviewed the output and impact monitoring arrangements of C. S. I. P. and also assessed the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of present monitoring system. This study is basically a follow-up to that, particularly in strengthening the impact assessment approaches more from the standpoint of end-users of the project in as much participatory way as possible. Under this study efforts have been made to investigate in detail each of the purpose and output level verifiable indicators (as mentioned in the Logical Frame work of the project), in full participation of the slum dwellers.
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This report documents the participatory impact assessment process conducted under the Calcutta Slum Improvement Project (CSIP), guided by Kamal Kar, ODA Consultant. It highlights the challenges and learnings in adapting rigid and quantitative indicators from the project’s logical framework into more meaningful, participatory methodologies that reflect the perspectives of slum dwellers. Despite constraints such as limited staff time and inflexible indicators, the study emphasizes the value of involving end-users to gain deeper insights into project outcomes beyond mere numbers.
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Monitoring and Evaluation, Indicator Rigidity, Field Testing, Participatory Impact Assessment, Participatory Methodology
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Kar, Kamal, Gosawami, Shibani. (1996). Designing Methodologies for Participatory Monitoring and Impact Assessment of CSIP's Intervensions on Different Verifiable Indicators.