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This publication captures the dynamics and discussions of INTRAC's Fifth International Conference on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), held in April 2003 in the Netherlands. The enthusiasm generated at the conference, by presentations of innovative and participatory monitoring and evaluation practice from the South, finds resonance in the rhetoric of participation currently employed by many development actors. However, it was also observed that there are still many barriers to the acceptance of flexible and responsive monitoring and reporting in the field. In an attempt to understand the background to this current impasse, the first section of the publication addresses theoretical concerns, through the inclusion of keynote speeches from the conference, and papers from workshop sessions. The second half of the publication is devoted to short case studies of innovative M&E experiences. These case studies illustrate the circumstances under which it has been possible to break away from traditional forms of M&E, and how obstacles to more reflexive approaches are overcome.

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Author:   Lucy Earle
Publisher:   INTRAC
Imprint:   INTRAC
Weight:   0.321kg
ISBN:  

9781897748817

ISBN 10:   1897748817
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 January 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Brian Pratt Acknowledgements Introduction Lucy Earle Section One Chapter 1 An Investigation into the Reality behind NGO Rhetoric of Downward Accountability Tina Wallace and Jennifer Chapman Chapter 2 Measuring the Development of Capacity: Is this Still a Good Idea? Peter Morgan Chapter 3 Rights, Culture and Contested Modernities David Marsden Chapter 4 Representing, Translating or Constructing? Reporting on HIV/AIDS Projects Sadhvi Dar Section Two Chapter 5 Measurement in Development Practice: From the Mundane to the Transformational James Taylor and Sue Soal Chapter 6 Whose Dreams? Whose Voices? - Involving Children in Project Management Yedla Padmavathi Chapter 7 Doing Away With Predetermined Indicators: Monitoring using the Most Significant Changes Approach Peter Sigsgaard Chapter 8 Transforming Practice in ActionAid: Experiences and Challenges in Rethinking Learning, Monitoring and Accountability Systems Jennifer Chapman, Rosalind David and Antonella Mancini Afterword Brian Pratt Bibliography Appendix A Review of INTRAC's International Conferences on the Evaluation of Social Development List of Conference Participants

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Lucy Earle is a Researcher at the International NGO Training and Research Centre, Oxford.

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