Impact evaluation for portfolio programmes on policy influence: Reflections on the Indonesian Poverty Reduction Support Facility
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- Mackenzie, Jessica (Author)
- Hearn, Simon (Author)
Title
Impact evaluation for portfolio programmes on policy influence: Reflections on the Indonesian Poverty Reduction Support Facility
Abstract
• Donors are increasingly using portfolio-based programmes that embrace ‘good failure’ and
adaptive, political programming.
• However, measuring the impact of these programmes is challenging, especially for those working
on policy influence and building country systems; not only do you need to measure the positive
and negative impact of the overall portfolio, but also the different pathways tested.
• Programmes, therefore, need a light-touch monitoring and evaluation system that allows it
to remain flexible.
• Good practice examples of portfolio-based programmes present six strategies to evaluate
impact: 1. Develop appropriate logic models 2. Collect observational data throughout
implementation 3. Develop stories of change or case studies 4. Understand causal
relationships without a counterfactual 5. Purposefully select which activities to study
6. Be explicit about how impact will be valued across the portfolio.
• These strategies are only useful if monitoring and evaluation is placed at the centre of
programme decision-making.
Institution
Methods Lab
Date
April 2016
Pages
48
Accessed
2018-11-10
Citation
Mackenzie, J., & Hearn, S. (2016). Impact evaluation for portfolio programmes on policy influence: Reflections on the Indonesian Poverty Reduction Support Facility (p. 48). Methods Lab. https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/10463.pdf
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