ABSTRACT
Monitoring and evaluation are essential steps in the policy and planning process for many reasons. This chapter focuses primarily on outcome success, and realizes that the policy study must be both conducted properly and implemented as designed. Policies or programs fail because either the program could not be implemented as designed, or the program was run as designed but did not produce the desired results. The connection between policy evaluation and implementation has been recognized by various policy analysts. Policy evaluation is not simply an activity that takes place at the end of the policy cycle. Policy maintenance includes the set of activities undertaken to ensure that the policy or program is implemented as designed. Policy monitoring is the process of recording changes in key variables after policy or program implementation.
