Monitoring & Evaluation - the RAPID approach
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The document outlines the complexities of measuring policy influence, emphasizing various methodologies such as outcome mapping and social network analysis. It discusses the importance of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for learning, accountability, and improving policy processes. Key themes include the role of knowledge intermediaries, a focus on behavior change, and the need for structured approaches to assess impacts and effectiveness in policy formulation and implementation.
Monitoring & Evaluation - the RAPID approach
- 1. Measuring policy influence: like measuring thin air? John Young: j.young@odi.org.uk Arnaldo Pellini: a.pellini.ra@odi.org.uk
- 2. RAPID Power, Politics and evidence use Knowledge intermediaries and interactions Evidence production and communication
- 3. Policy processes are... Cabinet Donors Policy Formulation Agenda Parliament Setting Decision Making Civil Society Monitoring and Ministries Evaluation Policy Implementation Private Sector
- 5. Policy change • Discursive: Client- focused services • Attitudinal: Farmers have good ideas • Procedural: Participatory approaches to service development • Content: UU20, UU25. New guidelines • Behavioural: Approach being applied in practice 5
- 6. Focus on behaviour change Project Team Other Actors Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Outcome Outcomes Impact Impact Impact Behaviour 6 Change
- 7. RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach Media strategy Online communications Develop a network or partnership Academic research communications Policy advocacy coalition More research
- 8. Why do M&E? • To learn about what works • To manage better • To account: – to donors – to recipients 8
- 9. Methods • Classical case studies (IDRC, IFPRI) • Episode studies (ODI/RAPID) • Stories of Change (Denning) • Micro-Narratives (Snowden) • Impact matrices (Davies) • Peer evaluations (CHSRF) • Systematic reviews? • RCTs? 9
- 10. Outcome Mapping OUTCOME MAPPING: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programs Sarah Earl, Fred Carden, and Terry Smutylo http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9330-201-1- DO_TOPIC.html 10
- 13. A systematic approach 1. Strategy and direction –are you doing the right thing? 2. Management –are you doing what you planned to do? 3. Outputs – are the outputs appropriate for the audience? 4. Uptake – are people aware of your work? 5. Outcomes and impacts –are you having any impact? 13
- 14. M&E in ODI
- 15. Impact Logs & SoC 15
- 16. 3ie PIM Project Evaluation Framework 16