The logical framework.

www.usaid.gov INTRODUCTION The Logical Framework, or LogFrame, is one of the principal tools used by the international development community to help design projects to achieve measurable results. It was pioneered for USAID in the 1970s and has since been widely adopted by multilateral and bilateral agencies, NGOs, governments and implementers. The LogFrame is useful to both managers and evaluators at every stage of the project cycle. It is a vehicle for organizing a large amount of information in a coherent and concise manner, assisting with the design, implementation and evaluation of projects. The process used to develop the LogFrame supports USAID principles of selectivity and focus, evaluation and learning, and adaptation and flexibility. In sum, the LogFrame: