Dear CoP-Africa Members,
Here I present my paper, which I have mentioned in one of my previous postings at this forum. I have also provided a link to the paper at CoP MfDR Asia and Pacific. Please have a look, and then may raise your questions, comments, observations, your own work level experience, share your own practices in this context. I will try to respond to your queries, related to RBM in general and with developing countries context specifically.............
As we all know that Managing for Development Results (MfDR) is an emerging, and increasingly important concept, which focuses on monitoring of results and outcomes in the development process, rather than inputs. In this direction, many developing countries have started to introduce Results-based Management (RBM) in several key sectors and sub-sectors. The integration of results-based elements into planning and formulation, as well as the monitoring and evaluation system are increasingly becoming popular in developing countries and pose a new challenge to improve performance for progress towards outcomes. The strategies devised and problems identified for implementation in public sector have mainly focused on technical, organizational and some behavioral bearers. Though technical rigor and organizational strengthening are at the core of RBM implementation, yet the role of human behavior needs special attention for continuous improvement. Behavioral factors of capacity and performance involve intangible concepts such as motivation, attitudes, and values that people hold related to performance improvement. Influencing many of these behavioral factors along with technical and organizational practices will be required to implement Result-based Management. Therefore sustainable performance improvement is more likely to result from a strategy that focuses in harmony on three ‘determinants of performance’ in a continuum. This paper analyzes the interaction among these determinants with special focus on behavior and proposes an agenda for action to implement RBM in developing countries through enclave approach.
