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Attached is a performance management framework for a gender empowerment project in Ghana. Based on the framework, think about the monitoring system that a programme would need to establish in order to report against this framework. Please briefly describe 3 key features this monitoring system would have, and critically motivate for why they would be important features, given the specific needs of this programme.

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In completing this task, go through the units and critically engage with the content, and its implication for a monitoring system. Remember that this is a summative assignment, and should cover the all of the ground that you have during the module.

Intext Citation and referencing (it is critical to use the below references in order to answer the task)

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ANC - Best en ve Babanayaa Project PMF Data Collection Indicator Baseline Target Data Source Methods Frequency Responsible Results Year 1 |Results Year 2 Results Year 3 Jitimate Outcome 1000 Improved well-being of women and girls in 30 1000.1 52 % of women 15-64/total women living on 6.60% Community $2 USD or more per day members Community Survey Baseline and endline NEA Project Team rural communities in Ghana's Northern and Brong Ahafo Regions. 1000.2 Level of perceived well-being (1-10 "[scale) of participating women Beneficiaries Participant Survey Annually NEA Project Team Intermediate Outcomes %%/total women earning $500+/year 0%/0 participating 100% (750/750) 1100.1. Project harvest through productive work women participating Semi-annually NEA Project Team women income reports Document review 1100 Increased participation in sustainable %/total young women under 25 0%/0 participating 100% (30/30) School graduation Semi-annually Document review productive work by women in 30 communities in rural | 1100.2 completing or expecting to complete secondary and post-secondary education young women participating young records (completion only), northern Ghana. women beneficiaries and endline survey endline (expecting to NEA Project Team complete) o/total young and adult women who think 50% 25: 100% Beneficiaries 1100.3 they are somewhat or very likely to be Participant Survey Annually NEA Project Team hired for a job outside their household 10% > 25: 100% Beneficiaries #/total community members (f/m) 1200.1 reporting that women participate in key 103/190 community Community members (31m, 72f) members Community Survey Baseline and endline NEA Project Team household decisions 1200 improved participation in equitable household %/total community members (f/m) who and community decision-making by women in 30 1200.2 are satisfied with women's participation in 77% (147/190 - 71f Community 76m) members Community Survey Baseline and endline NEA Project Team communities in rural northern Ghana community decision-making #/total girls completing or planning to 100% (30/30) School graduation 0/30 participating young Document review Annually (completion), 1200.3 complete (a) secondary school; and (b) records, endline (expecting to NEA Project Team post-secondary education. women beneficiaries and endline survey complete Immediate Outcomes 1110.1 #/total women able to produce 9 bags of 100% (750/750) 0/750 peanuts on 1-acre farms participating Project harvest records Document review Annually NEA Project Team women |#/total women owning one or more 100% (750/750) 1110.2 healthy female goat 0/750 participating Project livestock records Document review Annually NEA Project Team 1110 Improved knowledge and skills in managing women sustainable, resilient and productive agricultural a) %/total women who are "moderately" o livelihoods by adult women in 30 rural communities. "highly" confident in their knowledge and skills in farm management for food/crop Beneficiaries Participant Survey Annually NEA Project Team production omen who are "moderately" or 1110.3 "highly" confident in their knowledge and Beneficiaries Participant Survey Annually NEA Project Team skills in livestock rearing 100% (30/30) At the end of each 1120.1 #/C #/total women