The Government Monitoring and Evaluation System in India : A Work in Progress

This paper is discusses the evolution of India s approach to monitoring and evaluation of government programs. It is organized into 8 sections. (1) Describes the Indian government structure and sets the context for the challenges of building a government-wide M&E system in India. (2) Outlines a short history of the evaluation system under the planning commission and its stages of development. (3) Examines the demand side of evaluation the sources of demand for accountability, especially in recent years, and for evaluation in particular, and the locus of decisions regarding the selection of which programs to monitor and evaluate. (4) Discusses supply-side and operational issues such as staffing and capacity, and technical approaches (including the type or range of methodology applied). This section also examines the role of the private sector, think tanks, and civil society. (5) Examines the new institutional arrangements M&E. This section also examines the state of management information systems (MISs), outcome budgeting encouraged by the Ministry of Finance, and the performance management system as it operates in India. (6) Discusses the new Independent Evaluation Office (which became functional recently, in 2013). (7) Highlights the fiscal issues underpinning the emerging accountability and effectiveness processes. It outlines the current system of fiscal transfers from the center to the states and the highly centralized central-state fiscal relations, and how they may affect performance and evaluation. (8) Concludes with some observations about ways forward.

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Main Author:	Mehrotra, Santosh
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2013-10
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, ALLOCATION, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, ANNUAL REPORTS, ASSETS, AUDIT SYSTEM, AUDITING, AUDITOR, AUDITOR GENERAL, AUDITOR-GENERAL, AUDITORS, BASIC SERVICES, BENEFICIARIES, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, BUDGET DECISION, BUDGET MANAGEMENT, CAPITALS, CASH MANAGEMENT, CENTRAL AGENCIES, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL MINISTRIES, CENTRAL MINISTRY, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONCURRENT EVALUATION, CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE, CORRUPTION, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION-MAKING, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISCRETION, DISTRICT, DISTRICT LEVEL, DISTRICTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION PROGRAM, EVALUATION RESULTS, EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES, EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYS, EXPENDITURES, FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, FEDERAL COUNTRY, FINANCIAL AUDITS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL TRANSFERS, FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL PRUDENCE, FISCAL RELATIONS, FISCAL SYSTEM, FISCAL TRANSFERS, FRAUD, GDP, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, GROWTH RATE, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH POLICY, IMPACT EVALUATION, INITIATIVE, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, M&E ACTIVITIES, M&E SYSTEMS, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MEDIA, MINISTER, MINISTERS, MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MULTILATERAL AGENCIES, NGO, OUTCOME BUDGETING, OUTPUT DATA, PARTICIPATORY METHODS, PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS, PERFORMANCE BUDGET, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, PERIODIC REVIEW, PHYSICAL INDICATORS, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY-MAKERS, POLITICIAN, PORTFOLIOS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROGRAM EVALUATION, PROGRAM MANAGERS, PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, PROGRAMS, PROJECT EVALUATION, PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, PUBLIC INTEREST, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY OF EVALUATIONS, RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, REFORM PROCESS, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, REVENUE-RAISING POWER, SANCTION, SANCTIONS, SANITATION, SCANDALS, SECTOR MINISTRIES, SERVICE PROVIDER, SOCIAL AUDITS, SOCIAL INDICATORS, STATE EXPENDITURES, STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, SUBNATIONAL, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUCCESS INDICATORS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TAX, TAX COLLECTIONS, TAX REVENUES, THEFT, TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, TOWN, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRANSPARENCY, TRIAL, VILLAGE, VILLAGES, WELFARE PROGRAM, WELFARE PROGRAMS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/19601217/government-monitoring-evaluation-system-india-work-progress https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19000
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