• Logical frameworks

Logical frameworks

Support for democracy and human rights (D/HR) has played an increasingly important role in Sida's co-operation with developing countries ever since the early 1990s. But there is a lack of information on the impact of initiatives. This study examines how well Sida's D/HR projects can be evaluated using the logical framework (logframe) as an organising evaluation structure. This assessment has the dual purpose of producing lessons on

• useful methods for D/HR impact evaluation
• good practices for the planning and implementation of D/HR projects.

The assessment was based on evaluability criteria, with the following considered particularly crucial for logframe-related evaluation:

• quality of project purpose
• quality of expected outputs
• availability of baseline or monitoring data
• the feasibility of attribution

Findings conclude that:

• policy frameworks need to be refined and problem analyses conducted, partly to improve project relevance
• objectives should be structured using logframe practices to ensure that projects have realistic, specific and measurable purposes with verifiable indicators
• improved project objectives and indicators will help the feasibility of attributing development changes to project activities and Sida's project contribution
• flexible use of the logframe can be encouraged so that revisions can be made when implementation starts and to take account of changing means in process projects
• all evaluations would benefit from evaluability techniques of trying to elicit a project logframe from an identified development pathway

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