Development of a Framework and Identification of Indicators for Evaluation

Abstract

This paper describes the types of indicators that can be useful in evaluating inputs, activities, and outputs of institutions. While the focus is on food-and-nutrition-related institutions, the recommendations are of general application. Inputs include staff training, sustainable financial support, staff-development planning, physical assets, and technical assistance. Output indicators serve to show how practical, how cost-effective, and how sustainable the intervention is in relation to the existing local problems and the institutional capacity to deal with them. Indicators are also proposed for the evaluation of staff and their activities in management, research, planning, and training.