The Results Framework—An Innovative Tool for Program Planning and Evaluation

Engaging City Stakeholders to Achieve Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Urban Freight Movements

“…The logical framework approach (LFA) was originally devised in the 1970s as a methodology for improving the systematic planning of development projects. The first logical framework matrix (logframe) was developed by the United States Agency for International Development, for improving its accountability to Congress (Toffolon-Weiss, Bertrand, & Terrell, 1999). Over time, LFA has evolved from a simple framework for structuring project objectives, to more sophisticated, process-orientated approach for involving stakeholders in project design and management.…”

Strengthening Accountability in Aid for Trade

“…For this reason, it would be impossible to track all of the causal factors that affect the attainment of the higher-level results. Rather, as Toffolon-Weiss et al (1999) explain, "the results-framework approach focuses on key results that can be influenced by the intervention and will contribute to the desired outcome." Moreover, Elliot (2007) argues that "[…] as long as measures of ultimate development objectives are moving in the desired direction, then donors should not be overly concerned about being able to attribute the results to aid.…”

Getting More “Bang” for Your Performance Measures “Buck”

“…Examination of major sources on performance measurement in the evaluation and other literature revealed no suggestions to conduct further analyses of the relationships among performance measures (Affholter, 1994;Bernstein, 1999;Hatry, 1996Hatry, , 1997National Academy of Public Administration, 1994Newcomer, 1997b; Office of the Auditor General of Canada, 1997aCanada, , 1997bPerrin, 1998Perrin, , 1999Toffolon-Weiss, Bertrand, & Terrell, 1999; U.S. Agency for International Development, 1998;U.S. General Accounting Office, 1998a, 1998bUnited Way of America, 1996;Wade, 1999;Wholey, 1998).…”