The Challenge of Universal Primary Education - Strategies for Achieving the International Development Targets (DFID, 2001, 49 p.): 6. Monitoring progress: Learning lessons

The Challenge of Universal Primary Education - Strategies for Achieving the International Development Targets (DFID, 2001, 49 p.)

6. Monitoring progress

		Assessing performance
		Developing capacity
		Learning lessons

Learning lessons

6.9 The availability of better data at national and international levels will allow governments, civil society and agencies to get a clear view of progress towards the targets, to identify regions, countries or even districts where there are particular problems, and to take appropriate action. This will need to be informed by a deeper understanding of what policies are working and why, which groups remain excluded and why, and so on. This underlines the need for a qualitative element in monitoring and evaluation systems, and for a more effective application of research and knowledge resources to understanding the process of change. It also underlines the need for increased opportunities for developing countries to share experiences, and to learn from each other.