This document summarizes the evolution of family planning program evaluation and the development of the MEASURE Evaluation project: 1) Family planning program evaluation evolved from efforts in the 1950s-1980s to promote and expand family planning programs globally. This led to a need for data collection and management tools to evaluate programs. 2) In the early 1990s, USAID recognized the need for consistent indicators and annual measurements to demonstrate the effects of family planning programs. This led to the creation of the EVALUATION Project in 1991. 3) The EVALUATION Project advanced evaluation methodologies and built evaluation capacity. It evolved into the MEASURE Evaluation Project in 1997 to continue this work and develop consensus

1. Where Have We Come From? A Brief History of Earlier Contributions to M&E Jane T. Bertrand Director, Center for Communication Programs Johns Hopkins University Collaborator on Evaluation: 1991-2001