Table of Contents Section 2 - Using M&E to Manage Impact

2.1 An Overview of Using M&E to Manage Impact 2.1.1 The Four Elements of Managing for Impact 2.1.3 Encouraging Learning through Critical Reflection ... 2.1.4 Ensuring Effective Operations 2.1.5 Steps in Developing the M&E System 2.2 Management and M&E 2.2.1 Key Opportunities to Manage for Impact 2.2.2 Knowing your Information Needs and Planning ... 2.2.3 Recognizing and Tracking Operating Constraints ... 2.3 Guiding the Project Strategy for Poverty Impact 2.3.1 About the Project Strategy 2.3.2 The Objective Hierarch and Assumptions 2.3.3 Accountability and Adjusting the Project Strategy 2.3.4 Guiding the Strategy 2.4 Creating a Learning Environment 2.4.1 What is a Learning Environment? 2.4.2 How Management Styles Affect Learning 2.4.3 Valuing Problems to Avoid Failure 2.5 Ensuring Effective Operations 2.5.1 Key Operational Areas 2.5.2 Information Need for Effective Operations 2.6 Setting up and Using the M&E System 2.6.1 What is the M&E System? 2.6.2 From Data to Decisions 2.6.3 Balancing Internal Learning with External Accountability 2.7 The Basics of Participatory M&E 2.7.1 Knowing what Participation in M&E Means 2.7.2 Critical Decisions when Starting with Participatory M&E