Institutionalisation of government evaluation: balancing trade-offs

被引:10
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作者
Gaarder, Marie M. [1 ]
Briceno, Bertha [2 ]
机构
[1] 3Ie, New Delhi, India
[2] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA
关键词
institutionalisation; independence; government evaluation; monitoring and evaluation systems; development effectiveness; enforcement capability;
D O I
10.1080/19439342.2010.505027
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Carefully designed and implemented evaluations can improve people's welfare and enhance development effectiveness. This paper investigates institutions in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, and shows that for the successful inception of an institutionalised system for evaluation, three common factors stand out: the existence of a democratic system with a vocal opposition, the existence of influential monitoring and evaluation (M&E) champions to lead the process, and a clear powerful stakeholder. Mexico's CONEVAL is the most independent of the three bodies, mainly due to the fact that it is reporting to an executive board of independent academics; Chile's Dipres is the best placed in terms of enforcement, with its location within the Ministry of Finance and control of an independent budget; and Colombia's SINERGIA helps promote a culture of utilisation of evaluations as a project management tool. However, actual usage of M&E information and the resulting effect upon development effectiveness are the benchmarks of success. The paper concludes that an explicit and thoughtful process of assessing the needs, the focus, and the emphasis of the system should serve officials and champions to identify adequate arrangements for the particular country context and understand how to better respond to the forces pushing for the creation of new M&E units and bodies.
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页码:289 / 309
页数:21
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