Abstract:
This paper begins with a brief introduction
on monitoring and evaluation concepts, the
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD) and challenges of its performance
evaluation. It is indicated that NEPAD has
not prescribed any internal or external
monitoring and evaluation of its projects
and programmes, and therefore calls into
doubt the level of professional competence
in its delivery strategies. The paper
also examines selected monitoring and
evaluation strategies such as the African
Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and
others, which are embedded in the NEPAD
workplan, but not sufficiently applied in
its operations. Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms such as the Cost-Benefit
Analysis (CBA) and a few benchmarking
evaluation techniques are recommended
as possible introductory tools that could
assist in the monitoring and evaluation
of the NEPAD projects and programmes.
