Note
Originated as a multi-phased research project undertaken by the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, 2007-2009. Written by Sarah Jane Meharg, with contributions from other authors.
Summary
Sarah Jane Meharg analyses why various mechanisms - results-based management, measures of effectiveness, log frames, essential task matrices - are used in attempts to reduce complex intervention activities to simple success stories. She argues that the stakeholders involved could benefit from a deeper understanding of the theories, concepts, philosophies, and assumptions of other stakeholders in the peace operations and crisis management environment. She suggests ways to achieve this understanding through the strategic exercise of measuring effectiveness in relation to organizational requirements and recipient population’s priorities in post-conflict societies.
Contents
1. Trade-offs and play spaces -- 2. Theories of intervention -- 3. The language of measuring -- 4. Mechanisms and tools -- 5. Measuring success in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- 6. Peace operations and crisis management: not just benign tasks but political acts -- 7. Trends and challenges in measuring effectiveness in the humanitarian system -- 8. The art and science of assessing Iraqi security force performance -- 9. Measures of effectiveness: examining the United Kingdom in Afghanistan -- 10. Measures of effectiveness for peace operations and crisis management -- 11. Significance of impact assessment: a new methodology -- 12. An organizational perspective on measuring the effectiveness of crisis management -- 13. Measuring effectiveness in peace-building and state building -- 14. Practitioner perspectives and policy options -- 15. Measuring success in a common tradespace -- 16. Emerging trends in a common tradespace.