Assessing Monitoring And Evaluation Practice Of UNDP Project: The Case Of Conflict Prevention And Peace Building Project In Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study elucidates the various issues and challenges of monitoring and evaluation encountered at a specific project by UNDP. The specific project of UNDP is Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Project in Ethiopia. The study is a qualitative research conducted by interviewing key professionals selected based on their bearing and closeness to the monitoring and evaluation activity in addition to intense desk review of all the monitoring and evaluation documents. The major findings indicate a lack of participation of necessary stakeholders in the monitoring task. In addition, no plans were devised and no measures were taken to mitigate risk on the monitoring and evaluation process. Furthermore, the breakdown of cost and time presented in the annual work plan were blurry and lack detail constituents, ergo making it hard to identify key performance indicators to the level adequate. The evaluation report failed to prove wrong the claim that outcome and impact seen are the attribute of an endogenous effect or other environmental factors. It also failed to prove the external validity of the participant in the evaluation process. These all reduced the reliability and dependability of the results. As a result, the study recommended inclusiveness and saturated participation of all the vital stakeholders in the monitoring activity and further breakdown of time and cost schedule under the annual work plans as mandatory. Finally, ample methods available to assuredly attribute the impact to and only to the intervention should be engaged. It would greatly benefit the literature and academic-purpose if future research assesses the long term impact of the intervention with emphasis on the monitoring and evaluation practice.
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Endogenous Effect, External Validity