When less is more: innovations for tracking progress toward global targets

Examines principles of coherence (what to measure), standardization (how to measure) and decision-relevance (why to measure)

From:
Department for International Development
Published
17 March 2017
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Rosenstock, T.S., Lamanna, C, Chesterman, S, Hammond, J

Abstract

Highlights from this paper:

  • Success of global agreements depends on the ability to monitor progress toward goals.

  • Prescribed approaches largely follow a more is better philosophy.

  • Less burdensome and coherent, standardized and decision-relevant systems are needed.

  • Innovations that lower the cost of monitoring change at scale are rapidly emerging.

This work was supported by the ‘Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture-Nutrition Actions’ (IMMANA) programme which is funded by UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Todd S Rosenstock, Christine Lamanna, Sabrina Chesterman, James Hammond, Suneetha Kadiyala, Eike Luedeling, Keith Shepherd, Brian DeRenzi, Mark T van Wijk, When less is more: innovations for tracking progress toward global targets, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volumes 26–27, 2017, Pages 54-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.02.010.

When less is more: innovations for tracking progress toward global targets

Published 17 March 2017
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