Monitoring and Evaluation
Lecture-I
Dec 2, 2013
Learning objectives
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What is development?
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Emergence of development economics
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Development planning in India
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Evaluating development programmes
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What is impact evaluation?
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Types of evaluation
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Evidence-based policy making
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Evaluation questions; hypotheses and performance indicators
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What is development?
It is a process that increases "the range of human choice"
[Sen,2000]
Development is a multidimensional concept: HDI (UNDP)
Growth is unidimensional: PCI, GDP
Growth and development are interdependent: two-way causality
Inclusive growth or growth with a ’human face’
Eradication of "capability" deprivations: hunger, malnutrition, access to healthcare, education, etc.
Efficiency vs Equity: Bhagwati vs Sen
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Development economics as a discipline
Emerged in 1940s (following World War II): Asian, African and Caribbean colonies became independent How to achieve development in these emerging economies?
Their problems are wholly different from those in advanced countries
Need for planning was felt
Promoters of development: The World Bank and its affiliates, agencies of UN, etc.
New development economics went beyond classical(Smith, Malthus, Ricardo) and neoclassical predecessors
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Development economics as a discipline
Emerged in 1940s (following World War II): Asian, African and Caribbean colonies became independent How to achieve development in these emerging economies?
Their problems are wholly different from those in advanced countries
Need for planning was felt
Promoters of development: The World Bank and its affiliates, agencies of UN, etc.
New development