Monitoring and evaluation: an insiders guide to the skills youll need

From Aid | The Guardian Fri Sep 26 2014, 06:00:08

The director of the Centre for Evaluation shares the must-have skills and lists courses for budding M&E professionals

In international development, everyone knows that good intentions are simply not enough. It is critical to agree on appropriate aims and then make sure that these can be achieved efficiently.

There are several different ways to achieve development goals. Take malaria, for example: approaches might include investing in vector control (reducing numbers of malaria-carrying mosquitoes); ensuring that people can access bednets; providing education on how to avoid contracting the disease; making chemoprophylaxis (prevention medication) more accessible; or treating malaria cases with better drugs, to name just a few.

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