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Filling the learning gap in program implementation using participatory monitoring and evaluation: Lessons from farmer field schools in Zanzibar

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  • Zerfu, Elias
  • Kebede, Sindu W.

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This study is motivated by the idea that even though participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is widely accepted as a tool to manage development programs to be effective, its application is widely constrained by its high start-up resource requirements in terms of both finance and time. However, this paper argues that after the initial investment is made, the payback from using PM&E is much higher both in terms of grassroots-level learning, empowerment, and capacity building and in terms of higher-level strategic decision making which enhances impact.

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  • Zerfu, Elias & Kebede, Sindu W., 2013. "Filling the learning gap in program implementation using participatory monitoring and evaluation: Lessons from farmer field schools in Zanzibar," IFPRI discussion papers 1256, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:ifprid:1256
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    1. Shames, Seth & Bernier, Quinn & Masiga, Moses, 2013. "Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in east Africa," CAPRi working papers 113, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Edoardo Masset & Lawrence Haddad, 2015. "Does beneficiary farmer feedback improve project performance? An impact study of a participatory monitoring intervention in Mindanao, Philippines," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(3), pages 287-304, March.

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