Addressing equity issues in monitoring and evaluation
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چکیده
The ‘worst-off’ have been targeted in international development interventions for decades, including the current push towards evaluating progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using an equity-focused and gender-responsive lens (see, for example, Bamberger and Segone 2011; UNICEF 2011). Even in developed nations, the rhetoric of politicians, organisations and programs has often stated ‘leave no one behind’. However, while we believe that there is genuine interest and willingness in achieving equitable development results, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) often fails to address equity issues in its findings and processes. In doing so, it fails to adequately inform efforts to improve equity and, worse, can undermine them.
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