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Status of Development Evaluation in India- An overview

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Status of Development Evaluation in India- An overview

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  1. Status of Development Evaluation in India- An overview S.P.PAL SPP

  2. About Presentation 1. Identify nodes of development fund flow, stakeholders, M&E info needs, suppliers.2. Identify demanders/suppliers, understand nature of demand & supply, satisfaction of demanders and info use for planning & policies.3. Suggestions for evaluation capacity development. SPP

  3. Fund Flow & Stakeholders-I SPP

  4. Demand & Supply of Evaluation Info-II SPP

  5. Demand side of M&E information 1. General appreciation of need for M&E info to learn lessons, for mid-course corrections.2.Inhouse capacity for ‘M’ info in most ministries. 3. Dissatisfied with evaluation info supply: -quality, quantity & timeliness, uncomfortable findings;4. Some initiate evaluation themselves due to (3). SPP

  6. Demand Side 5.Examples of follow-up actions exist; more because of enlightened policy makers, planners (call them champions); not so much due to institutionalized mechanisms; 6.Attempt to introduce Outcome Budgeting in 2005-06 was unsuccessful-lack of understanding of the types of reforms required to make it operational.7. Low demand for quality evaluation. SPP

  7. Supply side of M&E information 1. Public sector: PEO, SEOs-once strong, now weak-manpower, infrastructure, no investment in human capital. Quality, quantity & timeliness are major issues.2. RIs/Consultants/NGOs: Lack of quality & trained manpower, data quality issues. Inadequate knowledge of program operation. Quantity & timeliness ok-quality(?). SPP

  8. Status of Impact Evaluation 3. Very few quality impact evaluation in India: - stakeholders of impact results operate in a short time horizon and focus on implementation objectives; - difficulty in constructing counterfactuals because of multiplicity of dev. Interventions. Universal coverage. - lack of any formal obligation on part of stakeholders to support it; SPP

  9. Status of Impact Evaluation - absence of a credible data bank on evaluation resources;- India’s annual evaluation budget is large; controlled mostly by line Ministries; stakeholders of impact evaluation command a small proportion of it. SPP

  10. Why evaluation capacity not strong? 1. Evaluation (a ritual) primarily for other watchdog agencies, less for self learning; 2. Inadequate linkage between allocation and performance;3. Accountability, transparency missing in development administration (RTI?);4. Public evaluation institutions have become hostage of all India services and alternatives yet to emerge; SPP

  11. Why evaluation capacity not strong? 5.System of outsourcing studies by public agencies hinders capacity development;-lowest bidders, insufficient time, interference.6. General lack of confidence in B-C ratio of evaluation. DESI/IRMED & IDRC –a study to bring out the status of development evaluation in India. SPP

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