Research Catalog

Title

National evaluation capacities : proceedings from the 2nd international conference, 12-14 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Author

International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities (2nd : 2011 : Johannesburg, South Africa)

Publication

New York, NY : United Nations Development Programme, Evaluation Office, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

United Nations Development Programme. Evaluation Office.

Description

v, 179 pages : color illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"The broader purpose of the conference was to provide a forum for open discussion on issues confronting evaluation in countries, enabling participants to draw on the innovative experiences of others. The conference was also intended to promote the understanding of international standards in evaluation and to advocate for evaluation as a means to manage for development results, thereby improving public accountability and learning."--Conceptual note.

Alternative Title

• Proceedings from the international conference on national evaluation capacities
• National evaluation capacities 2011

Subject

• Economic development projects > Evaluation > Congresses
• Economic development > International cooperation > Congresses
• Evaluation research (Social action programs) > Congresses
• Economic development > International cooperation
• Economic development projects > Evaluation
• Evaluation research (Social action programs)

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Sales No.: E.12. III. B.5 -- P.4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Conceptual note -- Opening session: introductory remarks -- Main outcomes -- Country papers: South Africa: the use question: examples and lessons from the Public Service Commission / by Indran A. Naidoo -- Sri Lanka: use of evaluation in public policy: Sri Lankan experience / by Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy and Vaidehi Anushyanthan -- Colombia: evaluation processes: experiences to share / by Diego Dorado -- China: the roles of users in enhancing utility of evaluation / by Zheng Yonghe and Chen Zhaoying -- Uganda: giving national direction through evaluation / by Albert Byamugisha and David Rider Smith -- Mexico: key elements of evaluation as a decision-making tool: specific performance evaluation experience / by Hortensia Pérez and Thania de la Garza -- Costa Rica: using evaluation in the public sector: current situation and challenges / by Melania Núñez Vargas -- Malaysia: programme/project evaluation: the Malaysian experience / by Shahrazat Binti Haji Ahmad and Muhammad Hidayatullah Bin Nasrul -- Benin: practice and use of the evaluation of public policies / by Aristide N. Djidjoho and Ambroise Agbota -- Guatemala: multi-stakeholder and multi-system evaluation systems in the field of public policy / by Henry Morales López -- Brazil: promoting accountability and enhancing programmes and policies through the instrumental use of evaluations carried out by the Brazilian Court of Audit / by Selma Maria Hayakawa Cunha Serpa with Carlos Alberto Sampaio de Freitas and Tiago Gozzer Viegas -- Malawi: the use of evaluation in managing for development results: evidence from Malawi / by Ronald Mangani -- Morocco: the evaluation of public policies: the case of gender-responsive budgeting / by Mohamed Chafiki -- India: Indian experience with the performance monitoring and evaluation system for government departments / by Prajapati Trivedi -- Morocco: information system and National Observatory of Human Development Household Panel for the evaluation of public policy on human development / by Mohamed Mouime and Mohamed Benkassmi -- Dominican Republic: community-based monitoring system to evaluate the millennium development goals and the national development strategy: the experience of the Dominican Republic / by Hernan Rodriguez Minier -- Costa Rica: assessment of the impact of strategies to reduce child mortality: the experience of Costa Rica / by Ana Morice -- Niger: the process of Project Advancement Control of the German Agency for International Cooperation / by Seydou Yayé and Mamadou Abdou Gaoh Sani -- Tanzania: the importance of monitoring and evaluation in achieving national development policies and programmes' targets / by Ekingo Magembe and Rafael Waida -- Annex 1: Agenda of the 2nd international conference on national evaluation capacities, 12-14 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa -- Annex 2: List of participants -- Annex 3: Conference assessment.

ISBN

• 9789211263398
• 9211263395
• 9789210554374 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocn863243436
• 863243436
• SCSB-1647033

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library