Roots expert series – Impact evaluation of the Food Security and Development Support Project in the Maradi Region in Niger - IOE
Niger covers a landlocked tract of the Sahel north of Nigeria. With a poverty rate of 49 per cent, it is one of the poorest nations in the world.
This month, Roots spoke with Michael Carbon, Senior Evaluator of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD, who conducted an impact evaluation of the Food Security and Development Support Project in the Maradi Region, co-financed by IFAD in Niger between 2011 and 2018.
A story-based study was carried out to determine the extent to which women were involved in decision-making in their households. The study showed a strong relationship between women taking part in decision-making, their contribution to income and towards providing their household with several nutritious meals a day.
Welcome to Roots, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) podcast for rural communities.
Personal stories of people who participate in IFAD-funded projects evaluated independently allow us to stop, reflect and see what is working well, what is not, why, and what needs to be corrected. Beneficiaries' voices are references to improve projects intended to promote an inclusive and sustainable rural development. IOE listens to these voices and disseminates them through Roots, a podcast produced for a broader audience to share knowledge and learning amongst rural communities around the world. Roots travels with evaluators to IFAD-supported projects that help to change the lives of rural people and communities, bringing you a new voice from a different place on our planet once a month. IOE invites radio broadcasters to use our podcasts in their schedules of programmes.
