Background
Little has been published on the results achieved in Private Sector Development (PSD) - even though those results are often very impressive. The Committee is therefore looking at ways to encourage more measurement of results - by piloting a new approach.
The background research to this new approach has been published in a Reader on Measuring and Reporting Results (available in English, French and Spanish). This study concluded that the insistence on rigour was preventing most programmes from publishing numbers that were approximately correct; the DCED is therefore looking at whether programmes could agree on a basic, minimum standard for measuring (approximate) results, which could ultimately be adopted on a multi-agency basis. The current version of that standard, agreed between 5 programmes (all working to develop value chains), can be downloaded below.
Other PSD programmes interested to pilot this approach are invited to contact the DCED Coordinator for more information.
Supporting Documentation
Additional documents are also avialable on this theme: please contact the DCED Coordinator for more information.
Also below are two background Papers prepared for the DCED; additional information and case studies on measuring and reporting results can be found on the DCED databases, covering the themes of Value Chains and Service Markets, and Reform of the Business Environment.