Smartfolder: General Information on Monitoring and Evaluation

UN System-wide EarthWatch — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-04 17:46

 

Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 15:32

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an independent unit within the World Bank; it reports directly to the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. IEG assesses what works, and what does not; how a borrower plans to run and maintain a project; and the lasting contribution of the Bank to a country's overall development. The goals of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Bank's work, and to provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives. It also improves Bank work by identifying and disseminating the lessons learned from experience and by framing recommendations drawn from evaluation findings.

Global Monitoring — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 15:41

Global Monitoring focuses on how the world is doing in implementing the policies and actions for achieving the MDGs and related development outcomes. It is a framework for accountability in global development policy. When the Development Committee—the Ministerial-level body that advises the World Bank and the IMF on development issues—discussed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Bank-Fund Annual Meetings in September 2002, it called for determined implementation by developing countries, developed countries, and multilateral agencies of the agreed strategies and partnerships for reaching the MDGs and related outcomes and requested a framework by which to monitor progress on the underlying policies and actions while recognizing the role of the UN in MDG monitoring...