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The World Bank
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During the 1970s, the World Bank invested heavily in the development of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, especially as part of lending to agriculture and rural development. The Bank's commitment of M&E continued in 1980s, but they way in which these activities were carried out in the 1980s was radically different from before,most notably by the deliberate separation of `monitoring' from `evaluation' By the early 1980s,there was disenchantment with the notion of including substantial M & E components in projects. M& E activities were major data collection exercises that diverted attention from simple monitoring to implementation (বাস্তবায়ন). More importantly they failed to collect data to monitor impact. Monitoring was to be the direct responsibility of project management,and was to range from monitoring inputs to simple and rapid techniques to beneficiary assessment. Formal impact evaluations were recommended only for selected projects, to be conducted typically by an external agency and with close support from the Bank.these guidelines wee accepted by other major donor agencies.
The Bank refers to :