The Value for Money agenda: from a straitjacket to a learning approach. Issue 6 (18th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: D'Emidio, Francesca; Wallace, Tina
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 29:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 685
• Page End: 696
• Publication Date: 2019-08-18
• Subjects: Aid - Accountability, Aid effectiveness, Monitoring and Evaluation, Development policies -- Civil society - NGOs, Participation; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1586834
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Value for Money (VfM) is increasingly a funding requirement for UK aid. This article builds on research around different VfM approaches to highlight the challenges faced by the sector in applying VfM for organisational evaluation and learning. It argues that the focus must be on: what is really changing for people, not only on how resources are used; involving communities in programmes and enabling them to play a key role in the VfM judgements; using VFM to inform future programme decisions; and ensuring these approaches become integral to organisational ways of working.