抄録
Across the globe, countries are facing pressures to reform their policies and practices so asto be more effective and efficient. Indeed, it is now apparent that a well functioning public sectoris vital to economic growth, sustainable development, and the well being of the citizens. To know whether and how countries are achieving their reform objectives, the creation of a results-basedmonitoring and evaluation system is an important measurement tool.
The World Bank is assisting a number of countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic, inbuilding such M&E systems that will eventually be able to report on government performance.This paper reports on one element of the work being done in the Kyrgyz Republic-that of deployinga diagnostic tool call the “M&E Readiness Assessment” to assess the current status of results based monitoring and evaluation in the country and where M&E can be used to support goodpublic sector management. This tool also helps to support reforms underway and planned. Theapplication of the Readiness Assessment is discussed as a means to help frame a strategy forfurther developing the M&E system in the Kyrgyz Republic.
