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English and French Was Created and Is Updated Regularly to Make All Major Deci- Sions and Activities Related to Rense Freely Available Development Bank of Southern Africa – Operations Evaluation Unit African Development Bank – Operations Evaluation Department World Bank – Operations Evaluation Department Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Development in Africa Selected Proceedings from a Seminar Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity and Workshop organized by the Public Disclosure Authorized Development Bank of Southern Africa, the African Development Bank and the World Bank OEU Johannesburg, 25–29 September 2000 ii CONTENTS Acknowledgements . vii Foreword . viii Abbreviations and acronyms . x Executive summary: Reflections after Johannesburg – evaluation capacity development from an African perspective . xii Part I: Monitoring and evaluation and the development challenge in Africa 1 Welcome address . 3 Dr Maki Mandela, Executive Manager, Corporate Relations, Development Bank of Southern Africa 2 Opening statement . 9 The Honourable Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister of Public Service and Administration, South Africa 3 Opening statement . 15 Dr Tladi Ditshego, Manager, Operations Evaluation Unit, Development Bank of Southern Africa 4 Good governance and the policy challenge: the African Development Bank perspective . 21 Mr Abdalla A. Hamdok, Principal Governance Expert, Policy Division, Central Operations Department, African Development Bank 5 New dimensions of poverty-focused evaluation within a Comprehensive Development Framework . 29 Dr Boniface Essama-Nssah, Senior Economist, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank 6 New evaluation trends in public policy reform and governance . 43 Mr Keith Mackay, Evaluation Capacity Development Coordinator, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank 7 Key challenges for monitoring and evaluation practice in Africa . 57 Dr Karen T. Odhiambo, Chair, Kenya Evaluation Association, University of Nairobi, Kenya iii CONTENTS Part II: Overview of evaluation capacity development in selected African states: its role in building demand and infrastructure for monitoring and evaluation 8 Sustainable monitoring and evaluation capacity development in Africa: the case of the monitoring and evaluation network in Niger . 65 Mr Marco Segone, Convener, Réseau Nigérien de Suivi et Evaluation, Niger 9 Evaluation capacity development in Kenya . 71 Dr Karen T. Odhiambo, Chair, Kenya Evaluation Association, University of Nairobi, Kenya 10 Evaluation capacity development in Ghana . 75 Dr Appiah Koranteng, National Coordinator, National Institutional Renewal Programme, Office of the President, Ghana 11 Monitoring and evaluation and the development challenge in Africa: perspective from Uganda . 81 Dr Martin Odwedo, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda 12 Monitoring and evaluating poverty: the case of Tanzania . 87 Mr I.M. Mukaruka, Director, Poverty Eradication Division, Vice-President’s Office, Tanzania 13 The role of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in institutionalizing monitoring and evaluation in Ghana . 99 Dr Lawrence A. Kannae, Director, Management Research, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Part III: Addressing evaluation capacity development through new methodologies 14 Outcome mapping: focusing monitoring and evaluation of development programs on changes in partners . 105 Ms Sarah Earl (Evaluation Research Officer), Dr Fred Carden (Senior Program Specialist) and Mr Terry Smutylo (Director: Evaluation), Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Center, Canada 15 The implications of decentralized delivery for national monitoring and evaluation . 111 Dr Malcolm McCarthy, Consultant, South Africa iv CONTENTS 16 What constitutes good evaluations? Ethics, quality standards, use and dissemination . 117 Mr Per Oyvind Bastoe, Consultant, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank 17 Appropriateness of the Program Evaluation Standards for use in African cultures . 125 Dr Mahesh Patel, Monitoring and Evaluation Regional Adviser, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, United Nations Children’s Fund, Kenya; and Dr Craig Russon, Member of the International Committee, American Evaluation Society, Arkansas, United States Part IV: African sector experiences: case studies and implications for monitoring and evaluation 18 A brief review of the monitoring and evaluation of two resettlement projects in western Mali . 137 Mr Justin Pooley, Project Manager, Integrated Development Processes Program, Institute of Natural Resources, University of Natal, South Africa 19 Rwanda case study: public service performance and development projects . 147 Mr Theobald N. Mashinga, Head of Evaluation, Department of Audit and Evaluation, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda 20 Agricultural development projects in Zambia . 155 Mr Enock Shawa, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Governance Development Unit, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Zambia 21 Monitoring and evaluating human rights and democracy in South Africa . 161 Dr Barney Pityana, Chairperson, South African Human Rights Commission, South Africa 22 Public opinion and the consolidation of democracy in southern Africa: an initial review of key findings of the Southern African Democracy Barometer . 167 Dr Robert Mattes, Manager, Public Opinion Service, Institute for Democracy in South Africa, South Africa; Prof. Michael Bratton, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, United States; Mr Derek Davids and Ms Cherrel Africa, Project Coordinators, Public Opinion Service, Institute for Democracy in South Africa, South Africa 23 Monitoring and evaluating gender issues and women’s empowerment in Kenya 173 Professor Paul A. Ogula, Chairman, Center for Education, Population, Environment and Development, Kenya 24 Review of the South African government’s grant-funded Municipal Infrastructure Program . 181 Mr Jeremy Timm, Researcher, Palmer Development Group, South Africa v CONTENTS 25 Monitoring the impact of land reform on the quality of life: a South African case study . 187 Ms Thildé Stevens, Deputy Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Department of Land Affairs, South Africa; and Prof. Julian May, School of Development Studies, University of Natal, South Africa Part V: Development of national evaluation associations and opportunities for international cooperation 26 Embracing evaluation and evaluative thinking for a better Africa: towards a common vision of evaluation in Africa . 195 Ms Kate A. Spring, Independent Consultant, United Nations Children’s Fund, Kenya; and Dr Mahesh Patel, Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, United Nations Children’s Fund, Kenya 27 Tearing down the walls: developing a sustainable link to an Africa-wide evaluation association . 201 Ms Kate A. Spring, Independent Consultant, United Nations Children’s Fund, Kenya 28 Advocacy and evaluation: national organizations as advocates . 205 Dr Joe Kopachevsky, Vice-President, Canadian Evaluation Society, Canada; Dr Marie- Hélène Adrien, Consultant, Universalia Management Group, Canada; and Dr Charles Lusthaus, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Canada 29 A networking strategy and action plan for a sustainable infrastructure in Africa . 213 Mr James Mugaju, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, United Nations Children’s Fund, Rwanda 30 A proposal for an International Development Evaluation Association . 219 Dr Roger Slade, Consultant, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank Part VI: Looking at the future: National Action Plans for 2001 Action plans for monitoring and evaluation capacity development . 225 Part VII: The way forward The way forward . 235 Annexes . 237 Annex 1: Final list of participants . 237 Annex 2: Summary agenda . 246 Annex 3: African Evaluation Association songs . 250 vi Annex 4: Useful websites and evaluation links . 251 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Regional Workshop and Seminar on “Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development for Africa” held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25-29 September 2000, was a follow-up to the regional seminar held in Abidjan in November 1998. This semi- nar was hosted by the African Development Bank and sponsored by this Bank, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the Danish International Development Agency, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Agency. The Johannesburg Workshop and Seminar was attended by delegates from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The delegates represented national governments, non-governmental orga- nizations, the National Evaluation Associations of Kenya, Niger and Rwanda, African universities, research institutions and the private sector. Also present were participants from the Development Bank of Southern Africa and multilateral and bilateral donor agencies (World Bank, African Development Bank, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Developmental Research Center, Australian Agency for International Development, United Nations Agency for International Development, United Nations Development Programme, Norway and the Netherlands). The sponsors for the workshop and seminar were the Operations Evaluation Department of the African Development Bank Group (African Development Institute), the Operations Evaluation Department of the World Bank Group, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund,
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