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A-801 Wednesday Section. Wednesday, 31st October, 2012 11 – 12.30 p.m. Roadmap for today. Housekeeping Where are we? What are the goals? Application Feedback – sticky notes. Housekeeping. Paper II is over!!! Office hours?
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A-801 Wednesday Section Wednesday, 31st October, 2012 11 – 12.30 p.m.
Roadmap for today • Housekeeping • Where are we? • What are the goals? • Application • Feedback – sticky notes
Housekeeping • Paper II is over!!! • Office hours? • Paper III – Dec. 20th – we will start looking at this more closely once Paper II is back (Vet. Day)
M&E - • One of the most impt. aspects of this course - make sure you walk away with it • Resources – • International Initiative for Impact Evaluation • J-PAL • UNESCO IIEP • UNICEF Innocenti Research Center • UNICEF Evaluation Database • World Bank Evaluation Database • Other classes – • HaiyanHua’s M & E class • Tom Kahne - Program Evaluation
Weiss Reading • What does she have to say? Summary? • What are the tensions that might arise in the evaluation process?
Monitoring & Evaluation There is a difference between M and E! Monitoring: The gathering of evidence to show what progress has been made in the implementation of programs. Focuses on inputs and outputs. Evaluation: Measuring changes in outcomes and evaluating the impact of specific interventions on those outcomes.
Reflections - • What are the tensions b/w an insider & outsider role as an evaluator? • If time is money, how does one implement process? • What are the ways in which impact might be considered? How might cultural differences impact these? • Creating local capacity for communities to monitor their own programs & hold states accountable for the delivery of basic services? • Dissemination to the beneficiaries?!
Implementation Issues? • Political Economy • Policy Context • Methods
Political Economy • What is the policy purpose? • Test innovations & defend budget • Allocate budget to certain programs • Pressure to demonstrate aid effectiveness and scale up • Answer electorate • Reaching Targets
Policy Context • What questions need answering? • Who are the stakeholders who want answers? Do they also have the same amount of clout? • What policy questions need answers? • How much of a change would determine success? • What does the government really need, and what will it use?
Methods • Operationalizing the outcome • Process/outcome indicators • Channels of impact – theory of change • Underlying assumptions [log frame] • Who has access to the program? Are they the same as the intended beneficiaries? • Data collection – time vs. cost • Analysis • Dissemination
Things to think about • What ? • Type of information and data to be consolidated • How? • Procedures and approaches for data collections and analysis • Why? • Why are we doing this – does it support the program/policy • When? • Freq. of data collection, reporting • Who? • Responsibilities and capacities of focal points and resource persons
Sticky Notes • 1 thing that you enjoyed • 1 thing that you didn’t enjoy as much