TY - JOUR T1 - Development Planning and Administration in Malaysia: The Importance and Challenges of Evaluation AU - Mohd Yusoff, Osman AU - , Samsurijan AU - Shaharudin, Mohamad AU - Radin Firdaus, R.B. AU - Mat Yasin, Suziana JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 21 SP - 5100 EP - 5103 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.5100.5103 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.5100.5103 KW - program KW -evaluation KW -planning KW -Development KW -Malaysia AB - The current Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak emphasizes that his administration must give due focus on delivering results or outcome rather than input or output. Such expectation requires the role of Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department (ICU) to go beyond its intrinsic role which involves coordination of development program and project implementation. Ensuring that the target group or stakeholder realizes the desired outcomes and impact of all program and projects will be another top agenda for ICU. Thus, this study attempts to discuss the importance of outcome and impact evaluation of government program and project and its potential challenges. ER -