A guide to monitoring and evaluating policy influence
ODI Background Notes, February 2011
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E), a central tool to manage interventions, improve practice and ensure accountability, is highly challenging in these contexts. Policy change is a highly complex process shaped by a multitude of interacting forces and actors. ‘Outright success’, in terms of achieving specific, hoped-for changes is rare, and the work that does influence policy is often unique and rarely repeated or replicated, with many incentives working against the sharing of ‘good practice’.
Tools, methods, and approaches to drive development forward and enhance its effects
Compendium of Knowledge Solutions
This publication contains handy, quick reference guides to tools, methods, and approaches that propel development forward and enhance its effects. It should appeal to the development community and people interested in knowledge management and learning.
