Midterm performance evaluation of USAID/Mali funded program entitled USAID/Mali sub-national governance project (SNGP) : final evaluation report
2019EnglishEvaluated project title: Subnational governance program (SNGP) Evaluation a mi-parcours de la performance du programme d'appui a la gouvernance locale (SNGP) finance par l'USAID/Mali GovernanceCODE: 688; Mali
Metadata
- Authors
- Fox, Leslie | Doumbia, Brehima | Traore, Boubacar | Diarra, Aisse | Chevrier, Jeremy
- Contract/Code
- 72068819F00001 | AID-OAA-I-15-00028 | AID-688-C-16-00003
- Institution
- 8360 - The Mitchell Group, Inc. (TMG) 8575 USAID. Mission to Mali
- Keywords
- Accountability | Civil society | Decentralization | Female empowerment | Governance | Health care costs | Leadership training | Public administration JB50 Financial management (1005.1) | Finance (562.0) | Governance (549.9)
- ID
- PA00THNS
- File size
- 5272 KB
- Source
- Open PDF
A team of five The Mitchell Group (TMG) Inc. consultants conducted a midterm evaluation of the Sub-National Governance Project (SNGP), a five-year, $22 million USAID-funded project, awarded to Tetra Tech ARD (TT) and consortium of four sub-contractors. SNGP has an overall goal of advancing Mali?s decentralization process by creating and institutionalizing effective financial and asset management procedures. The evaluation utilized a mixed methods research approach, leveraging both qualitative and quantitative methods, around seven USAID-developed evaluation questions that formed the principal areas of inquiry and were in turn consolidated under three broader analytic frames: SNGP Theory of Change, SNGP Management Approach and SNGP Performance and Impact.
The evaluation?s principal conclusion is that there were fundamental problems in many dimensions of the project, from its conception to its implementation and in the monitoring and evaluation of project activities. Some of these problems were due to TT?s choices in the way it managed the project; some were due to the faulty design of the project; and, yet others were due to external factors in SNGP?s operating environment. The evaluation team?s recommendations include:
1. SNGP should undertake a strategic moment of reflection retreat for its partners where identified problems can be discussed.
2. SNGP should transition to direct funding of partners showing that TT has confidence in their capacity to responsibly manage funds.
3. Revamp SNGP?s PMP so that outputs are tied to intermediate results that demonstrate change.
4. Reduce the number of activities that SNGP supports and in fewer regions, particularly in the North.