The ACBF, in collaboration with the World Bank Institute (WBI) launched the 2012 Africa Capacity Indicators Report (ACIR) in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, 17th May 2012. The launch is intended to familiarize the global public on the 2012 Africa Capacity Indicators and coalesce a set of change actions that can affect not only the agricultural sector in Africa but the role of the private sector and external aid to the agriculture. This event follows the inaugural launch which occurred in April 2012 in London, UK

As a Pan-African body established in 2006, following the so called ‘year of Africa’ in 2005, when donors promised to increase aid to the continent, African Monitor exists to assess the link between: The adequacy and appropriateness of the development processes and commitments; The extent to which specific development pledges by African governments and their international partners are being kept; The extent to which the implementation of development commitments delivers tangible results to communities, particularly poor and marginalised youth, women, the disabled, children and minorities; and How the impact on the grassroots feeds back to all the role-players in the development delivery system – from community through to international levels. Our vision is that of a continent rapidly achieving its development potential, whose people live dignified lives in just societies where basic needs are met, human rights are upheld, and good governance is entrenched. Our mission is to be an independent catalyst to monitor development funding commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots, and to bring strong additional African voices to the development agenda.

Objective: To bring together M&E specialists and users to promote development of M&E practice in Africa - To provide opportunity for M&E specialists to observe what other are doing in their regions - To stimulate debate and discussion around M&E and its role in society - To promote the integration of theory and practice