In Liberia, we seem to be repeating policies, strategies and programs that have not produced results in our intervention. I guess this is because policy makers and program designers have put little emphasis on program and policy evaluation. In fact, most of our policy makers see evaluation effort as a form of spy. Monitoring and evaluation, for me, is a useful management tool used to measure basic performance parameters. It helps us to redefine, shift effort and resources to programmatic deliverables that yield results. It brings institutional learning that supports priority setting. My second guess is that there is a degree of complaisance being demonstrated by few managers (I call them managers here because they are not administrators) who see development as an abstract, theoretical attribution to human effort. And we seem to have too many managers instead of administrators. They cleverly ignore and undermine evaluation to guarantee their personal, egoistic agenda. As a country, close to 200 years old, I consider this to be naive and mediocre. Yes, we can design policies and formulate empty promises that help us to justify the use of resources. But let’s try to measure the impact and the benefits these policies and strategies bring to our people. After all, the validity test of a theory lies outside the theory itself. What are your comments?
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:38:19 +0000
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