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‘Complexity-Aware’ Monitoring And Evaluation Of Development Programs — Anchoring Them In Complexity Science

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  • KAROLINE WIESNER

    (Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 27/28, 14476 Potsdam, Germany)

  • JYOTSNA PURI

    (Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Via Paolo di Dono 44, 00142 Roma, Italy)

  • ANDREAS REUMANN

    (Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund, Songdo Business District 175 Art center-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22004, Republic of Korea)

Abstract

As governments and multilateral institutions launch projects and programs to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, the challenge lies in determining their effectiveness. The high complexity of climate-change programs often makes it difficult to determine their effectiveness through standard monitoring and evaluation procedures. ‘complexity-aware monitoring’ is a qualitative approach to monitoring, recently introduced by international development programs. This increasing awareness of complexity in the evaluation sector opens up a window of opportunity for complexity science to support climate change mitigation and adaptation programs. This paper’s contribution is a hands-on methodology for live monitoring and evaluation of development programs. The methodology is rooted in existing literature on social–ecological systems, as pioneered by Ostrom, and in quantitative methods from complexity science. To illustrate the methodology, an existing climate mitigation project in Madagascar, funded, monitored and evaluated by the Green Climate Fund, is discussed.

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  • Karoline Wiesner & Jyotsna Puri & Andreas Reumann, 2024. "‘Complexity-Aware’ Monitoring And Evaluation Of Development Programs — Anchoring Them In Complexity Science," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 27(06), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:27:y:2024:i:06:n:s0219525924400046
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525924400046
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