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Evaluating the ‘logical framework approach’ towards learning‐oriented development evaluation
Author(s) -
Gasper Des
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/1099-162x(200002)20:1<17::aid-pad89>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - accountability , limiting , audit , management science , logical framework , focus (optics) , process management , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , knowledge management , business , political science , accounting , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , law , programming language
The logical framework approach has spread enormously, including increasingly to stages of review and evaluation. Yet it has had little systematic evaluation itself. Survey of available materials indicates several recurrent failings, some less easily countered than others. In particular: focus on achievement of intended effects by intended routes makes logframes a very limiting tool in evaluation; an assumption of consensual project objectives often becomes problematic in public and inter‐organizational projects; and automatic choice of an audit form of accountability as the priority in evaluations can be at the expense of evaluation as learning. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.