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| (Embedded image moved to | How to Build M&E Systems to Support |
| file: pic14798.jpg) | Better Government |
| | by Keith Mackay |
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| | Governments in a number of developing |
| | countries are devoting considerable |
| | efforts to strengthen their |
| | monitoring and evaluation (M&E) |
| | systems and capacities. They are |
| | doing this to improve their |
| | performance ― by establishing |
| | evidence-based policy-making and |
| | budget decision-making, |
| | evidence-based management, and |
| | evidence-based accountability. |
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| | This volume highlights the experience |
| | of several countries which have |
| | succeeded in building a |
| | well-functioning government M&E |
| | system, including Chile, Colombia and |
| | Australia. The special case of |
| | Africa, where there are many severe |
| | capacity constraints, is also |
| | examined. Ways to strengthen a |
| | government M&E system and to |
| | strengthen government demand for M&E |
| | are presented, and the importance of |
| | conducting a country diagnosis and |
| | preparing an action plan are |
| | stressed. |
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Wednesday, August 1st
12:30 pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
A light lunch will be served
Vinod Thomas
Director-General Evaluation, World Bank
Mr. Thomas was formerly Country Director for Brazil. Prior to that,
he was Vice President of the World Bank Institute. Before heading
WBI, he held positions as Chief Economist for the World Bank in the
East Asia and Pacific Region. He was the staff Director for the 1991
World Development Report, entitled "The Challenge of Development"
which assessed the world's development experience. He was also Chief
of Trade Policy and Principal Economist for Colombia.
Keith Mackay
Author
Mr. Mackay is Senior Evaluation Officer, Independent Evaluation
Group, World Bank and author of "How To Build M&E Systems To
Support Better Government." Mr. Mackay is the coordinator of the
Independent Evaluation Group's efforts to help countries strengthen
their national monitoring and evaluation systems to improve
government performance. He has worked closely with a number of Bank
country teams, and initiated IEG's program of research and working
papers on this topic (available at http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/ecd/
). Before joining the Bank in 1997, he was the manager of the
Australian Government's national evaluation system, based in the
Department of Finance.
Jiayi Zou
Executive Director, World Bank
Ms. Zou has served as the Executive Director (ED) for China since
February 2005. Prior to becoming the ED for China, Ms. Zou was the
Deputy Director-General, International Department, Ministry of
Finance, Beijing China. She also served as the Director,
International Financial Institution, Division I, for the
International Department in the Ministry of Finance, Beijing China.
Ms. Zou is also a former Alternate ED, and Advisor for the China
ED's office.
Jeff Gutman
Vice President, OPCS
Mr. Gutman, joined the Bank in 1979 as a transport economist in the
Latin America and Caribbean Region and was promoted to Deputy
Division Chief in 1984. Since then, he has held various managerial
positions including Division Chief for Infrastructure and for
Agriculture and Environment in Southeast Asia, and Sector Manager
for the Transport Sector Unit in the East Asia and Pacific Region.
In 1998, he transferred to the Latin America and Caribbean Region to
become Sector Manager for the Transport and Urban clusters. In
September 2001, he was appointed Director, Strategy and Operations
in the East Asia and Pacific Region, and he served as Acting
Regional Vice President for one year beginning December 2005. In
January 2007, Mr. Gutman was appointed Vice President and Head of
Network, Operations Policy and Country Services. In this capacity,
he is responsible for operational policy development; procurement
and financial management activities; the Bank's aid effectiveness,
results, and fragile states agendas; and support to Regional staff
working in all these areas.
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