Current practice and immediate needs for collection and presentation of performance and impact data

It was assumed for the purposes of this exercise that such data were intended to meet internal A.I.D. policy and management needs as well as the needs of external audiences such as the U.S. Congress. MSI conducted fifty interviews with key officials in A.I.D. (see Annex 1 for list of interviewees) and reviewed a wide range of documents (see Annex 2), in order to ascertain the current and expected demand and supply of impact and performance data. This document summarizes the results of that investigation and is divided into the following four sections: Congressional and internal A.I.D. demand for performance and impact data; assumptions on which the A.I.D. "Indicators Initiatives" are based; current supply of performance and impact data (indicators and means of verification); and conclusions and recommendations. (Author abstract)