What are the origins of the Logical Framework?
The Logical Framework has its origins in mathematics and especially in the science of Operations Research and is mentioned in the context of planning techniques used by the American army in the 1950s. In the 1960s, USaid introduced the Logical Framework as a planning tool in development operations. However realising the fundamental limitations of a planning tool as such, in the 1970s the GTZ added the analysis phase, which uses METAPLAN techniques.
