Engendering the Logical Framework Helen Hambly Odame Research Officer, ISNAR August 2001 (extract from the Session 5 of the training module “Gender Analysis for Monitoring and Evaluation: the engendered logframe approach”) Origins and Relevance of the Logical Framework The logical framework or logframe is an analytical tool used to plan, monitor, and evaluate projects. It derives its name from the logical linkages set out by the planner(s) to connect a project’s means with its ends. The logframe is only one monitoring and evaluation tool and its use does not pre-empt the use of other evaluation tools such as priority-setting or rate-of-return analysis. The logframe was originally developed by the United States Department of Defense, and adopted by the United States Agency for International Development in the late 1960s. Since then, it has been applied and modified by many bilateral donors, including Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, and Australia. Donor promotion of the logframe led to national and international agricultural research and development (R&D) organizations incorporating the logframe into long- and short-term program and project planning and reporting. For instance, at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), completion of a logframe is currently required for at least three-quarters of all research proposals submitted to donors each year. As well, KARI uses the logframe as a workplan to structure and monitor its project activities in a continuous manner. Despite the significance and widespread use of the logframe in R&D project management, there are some Engendering the Logical Framework