The evaluation will look into the Norwegian aid-administration's practice of results-based management. The purpose of this evaluation is to contribute to improved results-based management in the Norwegian aid administration. This will be done by documenting how results-based management is practiced in the management of aid grants, and through a discussion of how this contributes (or not) to development outcomes. The focus will be on the consequences of the current approach to results orientation, including how this affects what and whom to fund (and to what degree).
Main data sources include documents, in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. A theory-based approach will allow for a discussion of consequences for development outcomes. The literature on results-based management and its critique is believed to be important for the latter. The main users are management and units within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad.