Ahmad Niaz Murshed ZR 03

Fazle Akhter ZR 10
Aureen Ahsan RQ 21
Ashikur Rahman Khan ZR 26
Sami Ullah Khan ZR 32
Sadek Jake Alam ZR 55

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The strategic agenda for Bangladesh for the goal of accelerated
poverty reduction is constituted of the following:

Employment
Nutrition
Quality Education
Local governance
Maternal Health
Sanitation and Safe Water
Criminal Justice
Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E)

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 Implementation of the strategies
 Assess progress on outcomes
 Strengthen accountability
 Results orientation to programme efforts
 Correct and improve programme implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation plays a vital role to

the success of the Poverty Reduction Strategy
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 Provide results for government use
 Help improve transparency
 Better understanding of implementation and outcome of the
PRS
 Choice of indicators for conceptual clarity
 Help related research and policy adoption
 Monitoring consistency of project choice with PRS
framework

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 Developing indicators
 Institutionalizing monitoring strategy
 Setting benchmarks on indicators
 Data generation
 Evaluation of achievements
 Dissemination of results and public interaction

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 Macroeconomic stability
 Pro-poor economic growth
 Agricultural growth
 Women’s and children’s advancements and rights
 Development of private sector and SME
 Education sector development
 Disaster management
 Trade and remittance generation

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 Ministries concerned
 Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, BBS
BBS is the major source of national sample surveys, namely
HES/HIES, VRS, DHS, and CLS.
 Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, BIDS
 Power and Participation Research Centre, PPRC

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An effective M & E system requires:
 Review of all data sources used for monitoring
poverty
 Appropriately designed special surveys and studies
identified by National Poverty Focal Point
 BIDS and other public and private research
organizations to conduct evaluation studies
 BBS must not be overburdened

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 Primary Role- Government
 Central Role- NPFP
 Supplementary Role- Academic and research
organizations and civil society groups

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Responsibilities include:
 Collating official PRS data
 Coordinating M&E efforts
 Facilitating effective resolution of debates on indicators
 Developing new indicators
 Undertaking research and studies
 Facilitating feedback of outcome monitoring

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Name of Entity Task/Function

National Steering Review of progress of PRS and MDGs

Committee

NPFP, General Economics Preparation of document on PRS and

Division, Planning MDGs
Commission
Finance Division, ERD, Monitoring consistency of PRS projects
Planning Commission, IMED

Independent academic and Annual evaluation of poverty reduction

research institutions and MDGs

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 Setting targets of
poverty reduction Data generation :
Choice of Indicators Quantitative &
Poverty reduction Qualitative
Strategies in final
PRSP

M & E System
Data analysis,
M & E results

Suggestions for revision of Interaction with

priorities, and supplementary stakeholders, Dissemination
programmes, collective actions activist and civil
areas for strengthening society groups
implementation

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