Monitoring and Evaluation in Rural Electrification Projects : A Demand-Oriented Approach
The monitoring and evaluation approach advocated in this report uses both qualitative, and quantitative techniques to improve the quality of rural electricity projects. The participatory method spans a variety of well-established qualitative method...
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| Format: | ESMAP Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2786573/monitoring-evaluation-rural-electrification-projects-demand-oriented-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19644 |
| Summary: | The monitoring and evaluation approach
advocated in this report uses both qualitative, and
quantitative techniques to improve the quality of rural
electricity projects. The participatory method spans a
variety of well-established qualitative methods, including
focus group discussions, pocket voting, and other
participatory tools. Community members take an active role
in project design, implementation, and evaluation, giving
their preferences and opinions in all stages of the project.
The survey approach is a mo re quantitative approach,
involving the use of questionnaires, random samples of
populations, and formal interviews. Inherent in the
framework proposed by this report is the evaluation of
potential project design approaches, and project impacts on
all segments of the target population, including different
gender, and social groups. Recommendations suggest a greater
emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of socioeconomic
development impacts in rural energy projects; monitoring and
evaluation application over the duration of a project,
rather than for just one point in time; and, a
demand-oriented approach to monitoring and evaluation, to
provide the much-needed focus on rural consumers. |
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