progress with social protection is ascertained by means of data from censuses household surveys specialized surveys and administrative records and this must be coordinated on the basis of each countrys conceptual framework and policy components while partial data is available in most countries it needs to be further systematized and coordinated with management indicators chief among the various methodologydevelopment initiatives are the costimpact analysis developed by eclac for selecting the option that maximizes the impact at the lowest possible cost cohen and franco b cohen and martinez and the performancebased management models tailored to social programmes promoted by the interamerican development bank idb world bank and international cooperation agencies first it is unclear how the results are incorporated as information for decisionmaking and for implementing modifications to programmes