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SITUATION:
to be changed as a result
of the project and its objectives (ex-ante).
(For LogFrame users:
refers to Stakeholder and Problem Analysis)
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BASELINE BENCHMARKS
or zero of the project
indicator system
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(a) problem
or need identified and analyzed
(b) causes of the
problem identified and analyzed
(c) data on initial
conditions of the problem set (physical, economic, social,
gender, financial, institutional, environmental, etc.)
(d) identification of
project stakeholders (i.e. population that will
benefit from the project, interested public and private
institutions, public and private institutions that could
become impediments to the project) and listing of assumptions
on behavior of stakeholders and/or events that could
affect project execution and/or development impact upon
completio
(e) lessons learned
from previous operations
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(a) high mortality of
children between ages of 0 and 5 in rural areas, of
which "x" % with skin infections, "y" %
with gastrointestinal diseases, etc.
(b) (1) sanitary
conditions in hospitals; (2) sanitary conditions in the
home; (3) children's malnourishment; (4) low level of
education of mothers.
(c) (1) "x"
number of hospitals without basic sanitary modules in
children's wards; (2) "x" % of nursing staff with
only "y" number of years of training; (3)
"x" % of mothers with only "y" number of
years of primary schooling; (4) "x" % of children
under five years with only "y" level of nutrition,
etc.
(d) (1) women's
employment must increase in the region/country/city, etc;
(2) health Ministry functions will be decentralized; (3)
government policy guarantees shift of budgetary resources to
support children's health programs; (4) health Ministry
assigns resources to basic medicine from areas of
sophisticated surgery, etc.
(e) (1) no new
hospitals are needed Crehabilitation and improvement of
existing is sufficient to attain project outcome; (2) no new
physicians need be trained Ctraining of nursing staff is
sufficient; (3) provision of clean water is sufficient to
improve the basic sanitary modules; (4) child feeding
programs already exist and need only be re-targeted; (5)
"x" % of mothers in relevant age group over next
"y" years have received and will have already
received improved primary education through other
operations; etc.
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Specific means of
verification must be identified for
all indicators (i.e.
hospital and school records, social and demographic sources,
etc) with the timeliness and periodicity required. If these
sources do not exist the generation of validating
information will have to be introduced as a project
activity.
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OUTPUTS:
or products to be
generated as a result of project activities during execution
and at completion, or final disbursement (ex-dure).
(For LogFrame users:
refers to Activity and Component levels)
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MONITORING BENCHMARKS:
(a) measure the progress
and efficiency of project execution (by adhering to
expected schedules and products) at mid-term and completion
stages. (b) assess the behavior of critical assumptions
as they may affect project execution.
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(a) goods and services
the project will deliver mid-term and upon completion.
(b) assumptions on
behavior of stakeholders and events that are outside the
direct control of project management.
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(a) Mid-Term: (1)
"x" number of hospitals rehabilitated at
"y" water quality level by years "t1",
"t2", "t3", etc; (2) "x"
number of nursing staff trained in "y" quality
techniques by years "t1"..., etc.; (3)
"x" number of mothers trained in "y"
basic primary schooling and sanitary techniques in years
"t1"..., etc. (4) "x" number of children
of ages 0 to 5 participate in "y" quality level
nutrition programs by years "t1"... etc.
(a) Upon completion: (1) a
total of "x" hospitals rehabilitated and capable
of sustaining "y" quality standards of medical
attention to the 0 to 5 year age group by year
"z"; (2) a total of "x" nursing staff
trained at "y" technical standard and capable of
assisting in training of other nurses by year "z";
(3) "x" % of mothers trained in "y"
basic sanitary techniques and capability for future training
installed in schools by year "z"; (4) a total of
"x" children participate in "y" quality
level nutrition programs by year "z".
(b) (1)"x" number
of hospitals budgets are adjusted to "y" level by
years "t1"...etc. to facilitate rehabilitation
programs; (2) "x" number of school budgets and
teaching programs are improved by "y" levels to
facilitate training of mothers by years "t1"
...etc.; (3) "x" budget transfers up to
"y" level occur at national level to improve
capacity of nutrition programs by years
"t1"...etc.
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OUTCOME:
or desired situation after
project completion as products are used by
beneficiaries (ex-post).
(For LogFrame users:
refers to Purpose and Goal levels)
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TARGET BENCHMARKS
measure the use and effectiveness
of project products and assess the behavior of
assumptions that could affect project development impact.
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(a) use
beneficiaries will make of the goods and services of the
project and benefits they derive;
(b) Solution,
or contribution to the solution, of the problem identified
at situation stage above.
(c) list of assumptions
on behavior of events in the hands of the
borrower/beneficiaries, or beyond their control, after
project completion (final disbursement).
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(a) (1) "x"
% of hospital staff uses "y" % of improved basic
services in "z" number of hospitals; (2)
"x" % of better trained nurses provide care to
"y" level to "z" number of children
within target age group, per year; (3) "x" % of
better trained mothers improve children's health, resulting
in reduction of "y" % in hospitalizations of
children in target age group; (4) "x" % of
children in target cohort receive nutrition at improved
"y" level by year "z"; etc.
(b) decrease of
child mortality in rural areas: (1) rate of infections
of children in target age cohort falls from "x" to
"y" % between years "z" and
"v"; (2) number of hospitalizations of children in
target age group fall from "x" % to "y"
% between years "z" and "v"; (3) child
mortality in target age group falls from "x" per
thousand to "y" per thousand by year 200x.
(c) (1) all
assumptions of project completion stage continue to operate
and project sustainability is attained by beneficiaries
contributions to upgraded hospital, training and nutrition
programs.
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