Monitoring Eval in Develpmnt

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

This course aims to build the foundations for a strong understanding of the role and practice of Monitoring and Evaluation in policy making and international development. Over the past few decades, there has been a tremendous growth in the demand for evidence-based decision making in government and development. The M&E course will introduce participants to the essential analytical framework used in evaluation and a variety of monitoring and evaluation tools. While the course does not cover any one evaluation method in great depth, it should prepare participants to understand and apply key concepts and methods in real world settings, whether as users of evaluations, or as members of a project or evaluation team. Prerequisites: PPOL 501 or PPOL 531. Ability to interpret a regression table.