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Monitoring & Evaluation - the RAPID approach
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.
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- 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, Politicsand 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
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- 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 behaviourchange Project Team Other Actors Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Outcome Outcomes Impact Impact Impact Behaviour 6 Change
- 7. RAPID Outcome MappingApproach 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 casestudies (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
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- 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
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- 15. Impact Logs &SoC 15
- 16. 3ie PIM ProjectEvaluation Framework 16
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