日本評価研究3巻1号 The Japanese Journal of Evaluation Studies Vol. 3, No. 1

【研究論文：依頼原稿】 Assessing the Readiness of A National Government to Design and Build A Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System: A Case Study of The Kyrgyz Republic Jody Zall Kusek and Ray C. Rist The World Bank Abstract Across the globe, countries are facing pressures to reform their policies and practices so as to be more effective and efficient. Indeed, it is now apparent that a well functioning public sector is vital to economic growth, sustainable development, and the well being of the citizens. To know whether and how countries are achieving their reform objectives, the creation of a results-based monitoring and evaluation system is an important measurement tool. The World Bank is assisting a number of countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic, in building such M&E systems that will eventually be able to report on government performance. This paper reports on one element of the work being done in the Kyrgyz Republicﾑthat of deploying a diagnostic tool call the ﾒM&E Readiness Assessmentﾓ to assess the current status of results-based monitoring and evaluation in the country and where M&E can be used to support good public sector management. This tool also helps to support reforms underway and planned. The application of the Readiness Assessment is discussed as a means to help frame a strategy for further developing the M&E system in the Kyrgyz Republic.