Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia
In many aid projects, monitoring and evaluation is a static exercise driven by donor reporting requirements. After project closure, there are seldom sustainable benefits of the monitoring and evaluation system. This paper examines how monitoring an...
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okr-10986-305752021-06-08T14:42:48Z Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia Alibhai, Salman Strobbe, Francesco Villanger, Espen INFORMATION SYSTEMS MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS In many aid projects, monitoring and evaluation is a static exercise driven by donor reporting requirements. After project closure, there are seldom sustainable benefits of the monitoring and evaluation system. This paper examines how monitoring and evaluation can be transformed into a dynamic tool for effective project management, with benefits carrying over beyond the typical project lifecycle. The paper assesses an innovative, digital management information system developed under the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project, a Government of Ethiopia initiative financed by a World Bank International Development Association loan and grant funding from Global Affairs Canada. The paper examines the context of the development of the management information system, its effectiveness, and its potential for sustainability. Ethiopia is among the poorest countries in the world, and government administration units involved in administering projects often face funding and resource shortfalls. The paper demonstrates how effective and sustainable monitoring and evaluation systems can be developed even in challenging contexts such as these, by focusing on simple technical solutions that can be maintained and refined locally, ensuring low development and maintenance costs compatible with government monitoring and evaluation budgets, and linking project-level monitoring and evaluation to broader government operations. 2018-10-16T19:16:52Z 2018-10-16T19:16:52Z 2018-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/969381539176369651/Taking-Management-Digital-Lessons-from-the-Development-of-an-Innovative-Management-Information-System-for-Small-Businesses-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30575 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8608 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia |
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Alibhai, Salman Strobbe, Francesco Villanger, Espen Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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In many aid projects, monitoring and
evaluation is a static exercise driven by donor reporting
requirements. After project closure, there are seldom
sustainable benefits of the monitoring and evaluation
system. This paper examines how monitoring and evaluation
can be transformed into a dynamic tool for effective project
management, with benefits carrying over beyond the typical
project lifecycle. The paper assesses an innovative, digital
management information system developed under the Women
Entrepreneurship Development Project, a Government of
Ethiopia initiative financed by a World Bank International
Development Association loan and grant funding from Global
Affairs Canada. The paper examines the context of the
development of the management information system, its
effectiveness, and its potential for sustainability.
Ethiopia is among the poorest countries in the world, and
government administration units involved in administering
projects often face funding and resource shortfalls. The
paper demonstrates how effective and sustainable monitoring
and evaluation systems can be developed even in challenging
contexts such as these, by focusing on simple technical
solutions that can be maintained and refined locally,
ensuring low development and maintenance costs compatible
with government monitoring and evaluation budgets, and
linking project-level monitoring and evaluation to broader
government operations. |
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Working Paper |
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Alibhai, Salman Strobbe, Francesco Villanger, Espen |
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Alibhai, Salman Strobbe, Francesco Villanger, Espen |
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Alibhai, Salman |
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Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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Taking Management Digital : Lessons from the Development of an Innovative Management Information System for Small Businesses in Ethiopia |
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taking management digital : lessons from the development of an innovative management information system for small businesses in ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/969381539176369651/Taking-Management-Digital-Lessons-from-the-Development-of-an-Innovative-Management-Information-System-for-Small-Businesses-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30575 |
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