Strengthening Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation in Uganda: Result Based Management Perspective

Abstract

This report has been prepared as part of an ongoing effort by the Government of Uganda to strengthen the contribution of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the process of enhancing effectiveness of national budget execution and public service delivery. In conjunction with this effort, and with the support of the World Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED), a series of workshops and individual consultations have been held with key Government and non-government managers in Uganda. Particularly important inputs to the current report were provided by participants at a workshop of senior officials that was held in Kampala in October 2000. Uganda has implemented an impressive set of economic and budgetary management reforms. The immediate challenge for national development management, as a whole, is to translate success in the macro-economic arena into greater success in poverty reduction. Value for money in expenditures, quality of budget execution -or effectiveness of...