Defining and Using Performance Indicators and Targets in Government M and E Systems
Developing effective national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and/or performance budgeting initiatives requires well-defined formulation and implementation strategies for setting up performance indicators. These strategies vary dependin...
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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/2011/07/14981259/defining-using-performance-indicators-targets-government-m-e-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11061 |
| Summary: | Developing effective national monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) systems and/or performance
budgeting initiatives requires well-defined formulation and
implementation strategies for setting up performance
indicators. These strategies vary depending on a
country's priority for measuring results and on the
scope and pace of its performance management reform
objectives. Some countries have followed an incremental
method for developing indicators, that is, progressively, at
strategically selected programs/sectors (for example,
Canada, the United Kingdom, and Colombia), while others have
taken a comprehensive, 'big bang' approach by
defining indicators for all existing programs and sectors at
once (for example, Mexico and the Republic of Korea). In
both cases, countries need to continuously work on their
indicators to improve their quality and thus ensure that
indicators can meaningfully inform government processes. |
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