Manual for Development Projects - Planning Commission

Chapter-8
Manual For Development Projects
Chapter-8: PROJECT EVALUATION
Significance
- Significance
- Purpose of Evaluation
- Types of Evaluation
- Difference between Monitoring and Evaluation
- Evaluation Indicators
- Requirements for Undertaking an Evaluation Exercise
- Feed-back for the Future
8.1 Planning and Development Division, which occupies the central position in the planning machinery in
Pakistan, also assumes the role of project evaluator. As per the Rules of Business, 1973 (updated upto
1985), the evaluation of on-going and completed projects is one of the basic responsibilities of the Planning
and Development Division. The Planning and Develop-ment Division (Projects Wing) while submitting a
summary to the NEC on "Improving the Efficiency of Development Expenditure through Institution of
Appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation Procedures" on 30th June, 1988, brought out that post-completion
evaluation is necessary for improving the effectiveness of development expenditure which had largely been
ignored. The NEC while taking note of the summary has not only accorded approval for
creating/strengthening the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Cells (PME) in the Federal
Ministries/Divisions, introduction of computers for evaluation purposes and enhancement of the status of
the Projects Wing to that of a Division but also directed the Projects Wing to enhance project evaluation
studies from 10 to 50 studies annually. A proforma designed by the Projects Wing for project evaluation is
enclosed at Annexure-XLVI.
Purpose of Evaluation
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8.2 The final phase in the project cycle is project evaluation. The analyst looks systematically at the
elements of success and failure in the project experience to learn how to plan better for the future. The
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