How the design and monitoring framework (DMF) was prepared constitutes a major design and evaluation issue, and its lack of clarity made assessment of achievements across the program very difficult. The standards used in conceptualizing DMFs have evolved significantly since the program - s approval, and the new practices should soon make it possible to design more effective assistance in Afghanistan and elsewhere. But it is also important to recognize that the nature of reforms in public fiscal planning and financial management reforms makes the adoption the new monitoring framework practices more complex; professionals with expertise in such work should develop more tailored approaches in this regard.
Fiscal Management and Public Administration Reform Program