Project Cycle
What are the some of the six main stages of the project cycle? (mention 3)
Identification; preparation and design; appraisal; approval and financing; implementation and monitoring; completion and evaluation.
What does DMF stand for?
Design and Monitoring Framework.
What is the difference between monitoring and evaluation?
Monitoring continuously tracks progress and indicators. Evaluation assesses the project's design, implementation, results, and lessons learned.
What is the purpose of a Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)?
To identify a country's development challenges and priorities and guide where development assistance should focus.
What is the difference between an output and an outcome?
An output is a good or service delivered by the project; an outcome is the immediate result or change the project intends to achieve.
What does sustainability mean in project evaluation?
Whether the project's benefits are likely to continue after the intervention ends.
What is the main purpose of project appraisal?
To examine the project's viability, risks, expected results, institutional capacity, and readiness for implementation.
What is a problem tree, and why is it used?
It maps a central problem, its causes, and its effects to help the team understand the situation before choosing solutions.
What is an indicator, and why is it important?
A measurable variable used to track performance or results and assess progress toward a target.
What are two important factors that must be considered before a development project is approved?
Possible answers include technical and financial viability, institutional capacity, environmental and social impacts, risks, policy compatibility, and sustainability.
What are assumptions and risks in a DMF?
Assumptions are conditions needed for the results chain to work; risks are factors that could prevent or undermine the intended results.
What is the difference between ex-ante and ex-post evaluation?
Ex-ante evaluation takes place before implementation; ex-post evaluation examines results after time has passed.
Why is project completion more than finishing activities and spending the budget?
It documents actual results, assesses performance, records lessons, and identifies measures needed to sustain benefits.
Explain the logical relationship between inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact.
Inputs are resources used for activities; activities produce outputs; outputs contribute to outcomes; outcomes contribute to broader development impact.
A project delivers infrastructure, but the community cannot maintain it. Which evaluation criterion is most directly affected, and why?
Sustainability, because the benefits may not continue after project completion.