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Role of CSOs in monitoring Policies and Progress on MDGs
Elijah Wachira
UNDP RSC
27 June 2007
Paper presented at the SARPN policy dialogue: "It is almost half-time": Will the SADC Region Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the Target Date of 2015?
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How can civil society monitor progress Policies and MDGs?
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Monitoring spans the entire policy cycle – from needs analysis through implementation to review
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Monitoring implementation of PRSP represents the short and medium term results, with a focus on inputs and outputs
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Monitoring progress on MDGs involves measuring outcomes and impact of the PRSP (and other interventions) – on a longer term basis
Civil Society can contribute through:
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Engaging periodic progress reports e.g. Household Budget Surveys, Participatory Poverty Assessments, MDG Reports
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Participation in conducting PPA
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Preparation of MDG reports
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Independent and credible policy research
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Micro-level, non-policy oriented participatory research which presents issues from the point of view of poor people
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offers policy makers insights that are relevant to policy formulation and implementation of poverty reduction policy
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impossible to capture through research tools which pay less attention to micro-level social dynamics, context and holistic analysis of problems
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public awareness of results to stimulate citizen interest in keeping track of progress and changes in addressing poverty
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