The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System

Countries from all over the world have shown an interest in Australia's experience in creating a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that supports evidence-based decision making and performance-based budgeting. The Australian M and E sy...

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Main Author: Mackay, Keith
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14981146/australian-governments-m-e-system
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spelling okr-10986-110642021-04-23T14:02:53Z The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System Mackay, Keith ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITS BANKS BEST PRACTICE CONFIDENCE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EVALUATORS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FLEXIBILITY GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT INITIATIVE LEADERSHIP M&E ARRANGEMENTS M&E SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY MINISTER MINISTERS POLICE PORTFOLIOS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY TRANSPARENCY TRIAL Countries from all over the world have shown an interest in Australia's experience in creating a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that supports evidence-based decision making and performance-based budgeting. The Australian M and E system in existence from 1987-97 was generally considered to be one of the most successful and was driven by the federal Department of Finance (DoF). This note discusses the genesis, characteristics, and success of this particular system and briefly considers the Australian government's approach to M and E after the system was abolished. The contrast between these two periods provides many valuable insights into success factors and challenges facing successful M and E systems, and into implementing evidence-based decision making more broadly. 2012-08-13T14:02:11Z 2012-08-13T14:02:11Z 2011-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14981146/australian-governments-m-e-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11064 English PREM Notes and Special Series on the Nuts and Bolts of Government M&E Systems; No. 8 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Australia
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AUDITING
AUDITOR
AUDITS
BANKS
BEST PRACTICE
CONFIDENCE
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
EVALUATORS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FLEXIBILITY
GDP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INITIATIVE
LEADERSHIP
M&E ARRANGEMENTS
M&E SYSTEMS
METHODOLOGY
MINISTER
MINISTERS
POLICE
PORTFOLIOS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATIZATION
PROGRAMS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPARENCY
TRIAL
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AUDITING
AUDITOR
AUDITS
BANKS
BEST PRACTICE
CONFIDENCE
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
EVALUATORS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FLEXIBILITY
GDP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INITIATIVE
LEADERSHIP
M&E ARRANGEMENTS
M&E SYSTEMS
METHODOLOGY
MINISTER
MINISTERS
POLICE
PORTFOLIOS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATIZATION
PROGRAMS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPARENCY
TRIAL
Mackay, Keith
The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Australia
relation PREM Notes and Special Series on the Nuts and Bolts of Government M&E Systems; No. 8
description Countries from all over the world have shown an interest in Australia's experience in creating a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that supports evidence-based decision making and performance-based budgeting. The Australian M and E system in existence from 1987-97 was generally considered to be one of the most successful and was driven by the federal Department of Finance (DoF). This note discusses the genesis, characteristics, and success of this particular system and briefly considers the Australian government's approach to M and E after the system was abolished. The contrast between these two periods provides many valuable insights into success factors and challenges facing successful M and E systems, and into implementing evidence-based decision making more broadly.
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author Mackay, Keith
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title The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
title_short The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
title_full The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
title_fullStr The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
title_full_unstemmed The Australian Goverrnment's M&E System
title_sort australian goverrnment's m&e system
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14981146/australian-governments-m-e-system
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