Changes in the incentive structure of public officials to use the findings from monitoring and evaluation can help overcome this challenge. It is beneficial if such a coordination mechanism has the mandate and capacity to gather information across sectors and levels of decision-making (local, regional and national). When data gaps exist, development co-operation providers can support initiatives that will contribute to enhanced capacity of the partner country’s statistical system rather than focus on the collection of data for discrete projects and programmes. Most countries have in place a diverse set of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms within which a framework for adaptation can be situated.