An Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation of Institutional Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change: The Case of the United Kingdom's Investment in Ethiopia's Climate‐Resilient Green Economy

Adler, Rebecca A.; Wilson, Kirsty; Abbot, Patrick; Blackshaw, Ursula

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“…Prior to conducting the surveys, several management and capacity building frameworks were reviewed in order to develop the themes for the interviews (19,20). The intention was to appropriately capture the capacity building efforts of JTSP through a self-assessment of the efforts JEEViKA had made to layer HNS programming.…”

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Introducing a health, nutrition and sanitation program within microfinance groups: a systems-level mixed methods analysis from rural India

Irani¹,

Schooley²,

Supriya³

et al. 2020

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Background: Bihar has been lagging behind Indian national averages in maternal, neonatal and child health development indicators, primarily due to lack of knowledge on healthy lifesaving practices and where to seek services. Hence, a successful pilot project was scaled up as the JEEViKA Technical Support Program (JTSP), to support the state rural livelihood mission, JEEViKA, to increase demand for and link rural families to existing health, nutrition and sanitation (HNS) services. Program activities were geared in reaching those engaged in JEEViKA’s microfinance-based self-help groups (SHGs). This paper presents the results of the output evaluation following 18 months of program implementation. Methods: A mixed-methods study was conducted from August-November 2017. Sixty-five in-depth interviews were conducted with program, state, district and block-level officials. Quantitative surveys (678) were carried out among lower level staff, including village-based community mobilizers (CMs) who convene SHG meetings and support SHG-related activities.Results: JEEViKA layered HNS onto its existing system. The block health, nutrition and sanitation integrator (BHNSI) was introduced within JEEViKA to support the layering of HNS work at the block level. CMs were being trained on HNS topics to be shared during SHG meetings. JEEViKA funded the trainings and paid additional remuneration to trained CMs. HNS indicators were routinely collected by CMs and data were analyzed and used across JEEViKA. JEEViKA was supporting new mechanisms for SHG families to procure food while linking them to existing health and nutrition schemes and services. CMs with HNS trainings were more likely to have higher levels of knowledge on HNS topics and were more likely to carry out HNS-related activities, such as interacting with BHNSI for guidance and support, collecting HNS data routinely and spending time weekly on HNS activities. Conclusions: There is greater awareness within JEEViKA on the importance of addressing HNS issues to assist families in reducing economic shocks from health emergencies, improve nutrition and raise families out of poverty. Stronger integration of HNS programming within JEEViKA will be possible through the presence of decentralized staff to solely support these activities and a closer examination of the CMs’ time to integrate HNS activities more coherently.

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“…All CMs from JTSP blocks who received at least one training were considered as having 'received training on HNS topics'. (19,25). Furthermore, length of association with an organization and the number of hours worked were also known to be associated with performance (26)(27)(28).…”

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Introducing a health, nutrition and sanitation program within microfinance groups: a systems-level mixed methods analysis from rural India

Irani¹,

Schooley²,

Supriya³

et al. 2020

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“…These assessments provide useful measurements of progress towards implementing policy, but they also leave ToCs unchallenged. Alternatively, participatory M&E approaches seek to consult with beneficiaries of interventions to improve and diversify ToCs (Adler et al, 2015). This kind of critique has often been applied to climate resilience based on infrastructure alone.…”

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Is resilience to climate change socially inclusive? Investigating theories of change processes in Myanmar

Forsyth

2018

World Development

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Approaches to resilience to climate change can be socially exclusionary if they do not acknowledge diverse experiences of risks or socioeconomic barriers to resilience. This paper contributes to analyses of resilience by studying how theories of change (ToC) processes used by development organizations might lead to social exclusions, and seeking ways to make these more inclusive. Adopting insights from participatory monitoring and evaluation, the paper first presents fieldwork from four villages in Myanmar to compare local experiences of risk and resilience with the ToCs underlying pathways to resilience based on building anticipatory, absorptive, and adaptive capacities. The paper then uses interviews with the development organizations using these pathways to identify how ToC processes might exclude local experiences and causes of risk, and to seek ways to make processes more inclusive. The research finds that development organizations can contribute to shared ToCs for resilience, but adopt tacitly different models of risk that reduce attention to more transformative socioeconomic pathways to resilience. Consequently, there is a need to consider how resilience and ToCs can become insufficiently scrutinized boundary objects when they are shared by actors with different models of risk and intervention.

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“…For example, the exact interview procedures, number and composition of interviewees of the M&E approach "Qualitative assessment based on interviews" can vary greatly. In fact, the final M&E design is typically tailored to the specific context, as demonstrated by the M&E methodology of the United Kingdom's capacity building support to help implement Ethiopia's Climate-Resilient Green Economy Strategy described in Adler et al (2015). The Adaptation M&E Navigator is supporting decision makers and their technical advisors to identify a suitable M&E approach which can then be tailored to the particular context.…”

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“…The indicators are specified through five sub-questions which are measured at national level against criteria to be defined by the national stakeholders To assess the development of mainstreaming capacity of line ministries executing the Government of Ethiopia's Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy a participatory self-assessment approach was designed (Adler et al 2015). An assessment matrix covering three aspects of mainstreaming (planning, staff awareness and skills as well as safeguards and equity) provides the scoring criteria.…”

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The Adaptation M&E Navigator: A Decision Support Tool for the Selection of Suitable Approaches to Monitor and Evaluate Adaptation to Climate Change

Leiter

2017

Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

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With increasing implementation of climate change adaptation policies and projects as well as continued integration of adaptation into planning processes, there is an increasing need to understand the results of these adaptation interventions. Are they achieving their objectives? Are they actually leading to a reduction in vulnerability to climate change?Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) can help answer these questions. However, due to the context specific and cross-sectoral nature of adaptation there is no one-size fits all approach to M&E. The Adaptation M&E Navigator helps to select a suitable M&E approach by providing a list of specific M&E purposes and matching them to relevant approaches. Key characteristics of each approach are highlighted to enable informed decision making. The Adaptation M&E Navigator also provides links to further guidance and examples from practice. The chapter outlines the rational and structure of the Adaptation M&E Navigator and how it can be used in practice.

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An Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation of Institutional Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change: The Case of the United Kingdom's Investment in Ethiopia's Climate‐Resilient Green Economy

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Cited by 8 publications

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Introducing a health, nutrition and sanitation program within microfinance groups: a systems-level mixed methods analysis from rural India

Introducing a health, nutrition and sanitation program within microfinance groups: a systems-level mixed methods analysis from rural India

Is resilience to climate change socially inclusive? Investigating theories of change processes in Myanmar

The Adaptation M&E Navigator: A Decision Support Tool for the Selection of Suitable Approaches to Monitor and Evaluate Adaptation to Climate Change

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