Monitoring and evaluation in Malawi

Barahona, C. and Wilson, I.M. (2006) Monitoring and evaluation in Malawi. Significance: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 3 (2). pp. 73-75. ISSN 1740-9705 doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2006.00165.x

Abstract/Summary

When Ian Wilson and Carlos Barahona of the Statistical Services Centre at the University of Reading were asked to review an evaluation of the effectiveness of an aid package in Malawi, they expected a simple enough task. But few things in the developing world are simple. Where aid for the poorest is concerned, is evidence collected and analysed with enough rigour to enable well-informed decisions to be made?