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Background: Robust results-based monitoring and evaluation (ME) systems allow government to track the progress and impact of development programmes. This article focused on the current ME system as adopted for the Child Support Grant (CSG) programme of the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) in Namibia.Objectives: The article examined whether the adopted ME processes and arrangements for the MGEPESW sufficiently track the outcomes for beneficiaries of the CSG programme to enable strategic decisions by the MGEPESW.Method: A desktop review of available literature on ME systems was complemented by a review of strategic reports and programme documentation of the MGEPESW that sets out the current ME arrangements. Further interviews with senior, middle and programme managers responsible for the implementation of the CSG programme assessed the suitability and gaps of these arrangements as well as the proposed recommendations to strengthen the existing ME arrangements.Results: The research found several gaps in current practice that hinders the MGEPESW and decision-makers in assessing the outcomes for child beneficiaries.Conclusion: Recommendations were offered to improve the current ME system to better track the outcomes of the CSG programme. This included a refined theory of change, revised indicators and strengthened institutional arrangements.Contribution: The improved results-based ME system for the MGEPESW offers a comparative base for the implementation of results-based ME systems for child-focused cash transfer programmes in similar contexts.
背景：强有力的成果监测和评估（ME）系统使政府能够跟踪发展计划的进展和影响。本文重点关注纳米比亚性别平等、消除贫困和社会福利部（MGEPESW）的儿童抚养补助金（CSG）计划所采用的现行 ME 系统：文章研究了两性平等、消除贫困和社会福利部所采用的 ME 程序和安排是否能够充分跟踪 CSG 计划受益人的成果，以便两性平等、消除贫困和社会福利部做出战略决策：方法：在对有关 ME 系统的现有文献进行桌面审查的同时，还审查了 MGEPESW 的战略报告和计划文件，这些文件介绍了当前的 ME 安排。此外，还与负责实施 CSG 计划的高级、中级和计划管理人员进行了访谈，评估了这些安 排的适宜性和不足之处，并提出了加强现有 ME 安排的建议：研究发现，目前的做法存在一些缺陷，妨碍了妇女地位及权利部和决策者对受益儿童的成果进行评估：结论：提出了改进现有 ME 系统的建议，以更好地跟踪 CSG 计划的成果。这包括完善变革理论、修订指标和加强机构安排：经改进的社会福利和性别平等主流化项目成果监测系统为在类似情况下实施以儿童为重点的现金转移计划的成果监测系统提供了比较基础。
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The journal publishes high quality peer-reviewed articles merit on any subject related to evaluation, and provide targeted information of professional interest to members of AfrEA and its national associations. Aims of the African Evaluation Journal (AEJ): -AEJ aims to be a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal that builds evaluation-related knowledge and practice in support of effective developmental policies on the African continent. -AEJ aims to provide a communication platform for scholars and practitioners of evaluation to share and debate ideas about evaluation theory and practice in Africa. -AEJ aims to promote cross-fertilisation of ideas and methodologies between countries and between evaluation scholars and practitioners in the developed and developing world. -AEJ aims to promote evaluation scholarship and authorship, and a culture of peer-review in the African evaluation community.
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