The Logical Framework Approach, Does Its History Guarantee Its Future?

International Development (ID), which is often questioned for its lack of effectiveness, is a specific sector in the application of Project Management (PM) in relation to the use of projects that are undertaken to generate changes. In this case, ID seeks

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The Logical Framework Approach, Does Its History Guarantee Its Future? R. Rodríguez-Rivero, I. Ortiz-Marcos, L. Ballesteros-Sánchez, J. Mazorra, and M. J. Sánchez-Naranjo

Abstract International Development (ID), which is often questioned for its lack of effectiveness, is a specific sector in the application of Project Management (PM) in relation to the use of projects that are undertaken to generate changes. In this case, ID seeks to have an impact on living standards of the most vulnerable groups of the population. This study reveals, by an extensive review of the most pertinent literature, the particularities and complexities of ID projects. It initiates the debate on the convenience of adapting existing tools in PM that are broadly used in, and familiar to, the industrial sector (PMI, Prince or any other) to Cooperation, or the need to improve those tools that are already in place, mainly the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), or even to design new alternatives. Due to the respect owed to a tool that has been used for nearly five decades, this research studies the development and evolution of LFA from its origins to the latest presentations, including its strengths and limitations. The proposals to improve LFA, as a result of these investigations, are re-examined in cooperation with professionals, whose valuable opinions on the matter facilitate an increase in efficiency level in ID. Keywords Project management · International development · Logical framework approach

R. Rodríguez-Rivero (B) · I. Ortiz-Marcos · L. Ballesteros-Sánchez · M. J. Sánchez-Naranjo Department of Organization Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics, ETSI Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain e-mail: [email protected] J. Mazorra Innovation and Technology for Development Centre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Avenida Complutense S/N. Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 J. L. Ayuso Muñoz et al. (eds.), Project Management and Engineering Research, Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54410-2_35

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35.1 Introduction Every year, International Development (ID) provides aid to developing countries. For decades, professionals and researchers have debated whether ID aid works. Whereas supporters maintain that aid works in the long-term [30], detractors contend that aid is ineffective [7] or, even worse, that it actually is the problem [23]. In recognizing the development process as multidimensional, and in considering the aid effectiveness principles of the Paris Declaration (2005), which concerned ownership, alignment, harmonization, management for results, and mutual accountability, it becomes clear that achieving sustainable development not only involves the volume of aid given, but also how that aid is given and managed [19]. Thus, directly affects ID projects. Most international assistance that governments and Non-Governmental Devel