Benchmarking : A Tool to improve the Effectiveness of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Policy Cycle
To benchmark is to compare performance against a standard. As part of an effort to improve the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the policy cycle, benchmarking can be useful in three ways. First, benchmarking can help place an...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12006293/benchmarking-tool-improve-effectiveness-monitoring-evaluation-policy-cycle http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10205 |
| Summary: | To benchmark is to compare performance
against a standard. As part of an effort to improve the
effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the
policy cycle, benchmarking can be useful in three ways.
First, benchmarking can help place an outcome in the next
context. Was the achievement good, bad, or indifferent?
Second, benchmarking can help assess the reasonableness of
targets that may be set. Third, benchmarking can help
identify specific regions or subgroups that are
exceptionally good or poor results hint at what factors
drive performance, it can be hard to extract information
about potential determinants. Therefore, the process of
analyzing performance at the extremes can make it easier to
extract information and to introduce more feedback into the
policy cycle. |
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