Evaluation Team:
Fuat Andic (Team Leader)
Richard Huntington
Ralf Maurer
Office of Evaluation and Strategic Planning, UNDP, New York, 1995
Introduction: From Agency Execution to National Execution
Achievements of NEX
Summary of Recommendations
II. National Execution Background
III. NEX Performance During the Fifth Programming Cycle
The Challenge of Introducing National Execution
NEX Expands the Sense of Ownership, but a Price
Has NEX Increased Self-Reliance?
Has NEX Reinforced Capacity Building?
Has NEX Improved Cost Effectiveness?
Has NEX Enhanced Sustainable Development?
Has NEX Provided Adequate Financial Accountability?
Has NEX Compromised Substantive Accountability?
IV. Selected Country Case Studies
Case One: The People's Republic of China
Case Two: Ethiopia
Case Three: Peru
Overall Conclusion
V. Changing Institutional Roles
Restructuring Specialized Agencies'Roles
Diversity of Modes of NEX Executing Arrangements
Participation Beyond Government Agencies
Country Office Workload and Support Units
Cost-Sharing under NEX
Promise of National Execution
Challenges of Effective National Execution