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This study aims to examine the effect of monitoring and evaluation practices on the performance of the development projects in Yemen and its relation to gender. It identifies the extent to which monitoring and evaluation practices in the form of (monitoring skills, technical activities, information system, reports and gender) affect the performance of the development projects. It also explores the mediating effect of the management support towards M&E and the performance of the development projects shedding the light on gender. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher employed descriptive research design in which mixed method approach was used. Qualitative data was gathered through interviews that were conducted with nine Key Informants (KI) from program staff at SFD. Quantitative data was gathered from the sample of 136 respondents from program staff (project and M&E), using close-ended questionnaire and analysed with the help of SPSS (version 25). The findings of the study showed that staff with monitoring skills in SFD, who are practicing M&E technical activities, generating M&E reports in timely manner, getting support from management and considering gender in their activities will significantly affect the performance of the development projects. Also, the findings showed that, there is a mediating effect by the management support between gender and the project performance, indicating that the management of SFD is gender sensitive. This study is one of the first studies which has focused on gender relations in the field of M&E.
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