title: The results framework--an innovative tool for program planning and evaluation.
abstract: This article constitutes a case study of the development and implementation of the "results framework," an innovative planning and evaluation tool that is rapidly becoming a standard requirement for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) projects. The framework is used in a USAID-funded regional initiative for HIV/AIDS prevention in Central America. This new program evaluation and monitoring tool provides many advantages over traditional evaluation approaches that use outside consultants to provide midterm and end-of-project evaluations. The results-framework process, which spans the life of the project, provides an opportunity for program staff, donors, partners, and evaluators to work as a team to collect and use rich, longitudinal data for project planning, implementation, and evaluation purposes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Tulane University, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Toffolon-Weiss
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Terrell
mesh_terms: D002489:Central America; D006166:Guatemala; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States