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The '''Logical Framework Approach (LFA)''' is a management tool mainly used for designing, [[Monitoring and Evaluation|monitoring and evaluating]] [[international development]] projects. Variations of this tool is known as '''Goal Oriented Project Planning (GOPP)''' or '''Objectives Oriented Project Planning (OOPP)'''.

=='''Background'''==

The Logical Framework Approach was developed in 1969 for the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID), based on a worldwide study by Leon J. Rosenberg, a principal of Fry Consultants Inc. <ref>[http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADW881.pdf Final Report, Contract csd-2510, July 24, 1970]</ref> From 1970 to 1971, 30 countries adopted the method, under the guidance of Practical Concepts Incorporated (PCI), founded by Rosenberg. <ref>[http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnaec576.pdf Practical Concepts Incorporated, "Guidelines for Teaching Logical Framework Concepts"]</ref>

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The Logical Framework Approach is sometimes confused with Logical Framework (LF or Log frame). Whereas the Logical Framework Approach is a project design methodology, the Log Frame is a document.

=='''Description'''==

The text below describes the document, not the global methodology of project design. For the brief description of the LFA as a design methodology, see for example the page [http://lgausa.com/logframe_approach.htm], and for the thorough description see for example [http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ausguide/Documents/ausguideline3.3.pdf AusGuideline 3.3 The Logical Framework Approach] cited in "External links" section.

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One of its purposes/early uses was to identify the span of control of 'project management'. In some countries with less than perfect governance and managerial systems, it became an excuse for failure. Externally sourced technical assistance managers were able to say we have implemented all the activities foreseen and produced the outputs required of us, but because of the sub-optimal systems in the country, which are beyond the control of the project's management we have not achieved the purpose(s) and so the goal has not been attained.

=='''Handbooks'''==

[http://www.norad.no/en/tools-and-publications/publications/publication?key=109408 The Logical Framework Approach, Handbook for objectives-oriented planning], Fourth edition, [[Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation|NORAD]], 1999, ISBN 82-7548-160-0.

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[http://usaidprojectstarter.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/The-Logical-Framework-A-Managers-Guide.pdf The Logical Framework: A Manager's Guide to a Scientific Approach to Design and Evaluation, by Practical Concepts, Incorporated, 1979]

=='''References'''==

{{Reflist}}

=='''External links'''==

* USAID-related [http://dec.usaid.gov/index.cfm?p=search.getSqlResults&q_webcol=logframe logical framework documents] available through USAID's ''Development Experience System (DEXS)''.

* [http://www.mande.co.uk/logframe.htm Working with the Logical Framework] Explanations of how the Logical Framework works.