Monitoring, evaluation, and learning for anti-corruption projects: What conservation practitioners need to know

Anti-corruption programming is rarely linear, and sustainable change can take many years. Political contexts can shift, and key actors may cycle in and out of positions of authority. Furthermore, anti-corruption programming is relatively new to the conservation and natural resource management (NRM) sector. This makes the role of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) in building an evidence base vitally important. This introductory overview summarizes the approaches that program designers, program managers, and MEL specialists should consider when planning MEL activities. This overview does not address project design considerations.