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Interim Evaluation Rural households have become more involved in identifying priority areas for investment and have begun to contribute towards the costs involved and to manage capital assets...

Interim Evaluation In 1993, a General Identification Mission for Peru recommended that two projects be carried out: one whose objective would be management of productive natural resources in the...

Interim Evaluation Introduction The Northern Regions Livestock Development Project (NOLIDEP) is one of the first to be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development...

The FIDAMERICA network is a very ambitious regional programme of IFAD's Latin America and the Caribbean Division that offers a platform for Internet-based electronic services geared towards...

Understanding at completion point1 Oververview of major finding Challenges. The extent to which IFAD can have a direct influence on innovation outside its own organizational boundaries and...

Preambule Le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) avait consenti, au mois de décembre 1990, un prêt d'environ 140 millions de dirhams au Gouvernement du Royaume du Maroc (GRM) pour...

After four years of work under MARENASS, two conclusions can be reached: first, to achieve success in the fight against poverty under the conditions that prevail in the Peruvian highland region,...

Compte tenu de la richesse de l'expérience du PDPEF, des acquis prometteurs de certains volets, de la forte demande exprimée par les populations et de l'ampleur du défi agricole et écologique dans...

Country programme evaluation Three insights This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) is an understanding among core partners in the Country Programme Evaluation to adopt and use the insights and...

Country programme evaluation Participatory evaluation with PNG core learning partnership IFAD's Office of Evaluation and Studies, in October 2000, per agreement with the Government of Papua New...

Interim Evaluation The project’s main objectives were to improve incomes and living conditions for subsistence farmers and to halt environmental degradation. It targeted farmers using traditional...

Mid-term evaluation The project is national in scope, but concentrated on high priority areas to the benefit of the majority of agricultural and fishery small-scale producers. Given the...

IFAD-supported interventions have, in general, targeted provinces with the highest incidence of poverty. Achievements in terms of infrastructure, agricultural development and credit have been...

Abbreviations and acronyms CBOs Community-Based Organizations CENTRIM Centre for Research in Innovation Management CLP Core Learning Partnership ECP Extended Cooperation Programme ED Economic...

Regarding the adverse effects of chronic malnutrition (stunting), Partha Dasgupta in his An Inquiry into Well-being and Destitution states that beyond efforts to provide emergency and food relief...

IFAD projects provided loans to between 20 and 66 percent of rural households in the project areas. The main project activities promoted through micro credit were grain production, horticulture,...

Interim Evaluation The project was successful on several fronts: intensive training provided crucial support for social organisation; beneficiaries got involved in project planning and management;...

Laos is landlocked; 80% of the country is mountainous and around only 3% is cultivated. The major determinant of poverty is the degree of self-sufficiency in rice production and the primary...

Mid-term Evaluation Increased soil and water conservation has resulted in higher productivity levels from natural resources, bringing benefits and economic growth to the 4 041 farmers originally...

Completion evaluation The IFAD Office of Evaluations and Studies carried out a Completion Evaluation (CE) of the IFAD-financed North West Agricultural Services Project (NWASP) in Armenia from...

Through the Agricultural Development Programme for the Western region, Honduras, 731 micro-entrepreneurs and 9,773 small producers (68 percent men, 32 percent women) received technical assistance –...

Principal CPRE recommendations Strategic The CPRE broadly confirmed the validity of IFAD strategy in Vietnam with its clear emphasis on targeting the poorest of the poor through the development of...

Completion Evaluation The project brought about changes in tribal development, allowing a multi-stakeholder approach with a specific focus on tribal people. The shift in focus from the limited...

Background and Rationale The IFAD Near East and North Africa Division (PN) is planning to prepare a new country strategic opportunities paper (COSOP) for Syria in 2001 to launch a new ...

FIDAMERICA Network Phase II Programme achieved significant results in the context of both its general and specific objectives. These indicate that the execution of a third phase, beginning with the...

The findings, recommendations and follow-up actions from the Completion Evaluation of the North West Agricultural Services Project that have been agreed by the members of the Core Learning...

Five insights This agreement reflects an understanding among the core partners at the completion point of the completion evaluation process to adopt and use the learning and recommendations from...

La significativa heterogeneidad de la población rural pobre requiere líneas de acción diferenciadas que sean compatibles con los problemas y potencialidades específicos de diferentes tipos de...

Country programme evaluation The IFAD Near East and North Africa Division (PN) is planning to prepare a new country strategic opportunities paper (COSOP) for Syria in 2001 to launch a new...

The Rural Development Project for Ngöbe-Buglé Communities was launched in March 1994 and will end in December 2001. Its design and execution have yielded lessons that will undoubtedly be of use for...

Core learning partners The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) in China extended from the central agencies in Beijing to the Provinces. In Beijing, the CLP comprised representatives of the Ministry of...

Interim evaluation Recommendations an Agreed Follow Up Measures This agreement reflects an understanding among the core partners1 at completion point of the Bokeo Food Security Project to adopt and...

Interim Evaluation An innovative and complex project The Rural Development Project for Ngöbe Communities was an innovative project in that it included an ethnic rights objective-legal recognition...

Interim Evaluation Background Objectives, components and project area The Project aims at improving the incomes and food security of Swaziland's disadvantaged smallholder families, particularly...

Interim Evaluation During the period June-July 2000, the IFAD Office of Evaluation and Studies carried out an Interim Evaluation of the Rural Enterprises Project financed by IFAD in Ghana. The IFAD...

Interim evaluation Introduction - the project The Nampula Artisanal Fisheries Project (NAFP) was formulated during 1991-92, whilst Mozambique was still in the throes of civil war, appraised in...

The report of the above-mentioned evaluation was discussed at a meeting attended by all in-house partners concerned (PD, ED, OE and NGOs focal points) on 7 July 2000. The partners agreed on the...

Financial operations Sarasu is from Kayathur Village in South Arcot District. She has a long history of domestic and marital problems and experience of extreme poverty, with seven children to bring...

Extract of Agreement at Completion point Interim evaluation In preparation for a possible second phase of the Rural Enterprises Project requested by the Government of Ghana (GOG), the International...

Le Projet de Mise en Valeur du Haut Bassin du Mandrare (PHBM) est entré en vigueur à la fin du mois de décembre 1995 pour une durée de 5 ans. Le projet, au Sud de Madagascar, est financé par un...

Key lessons and recommendations This section discusses the key lessons that were drawn from Masindi experience by the evaluation learning partnership. It is focusing on those that have wider and...

Completion Evaluation Introduction The Executive Board approved the IFAD-initiated Tamil Nadu Women's Development Project (TNWDP) in April 1989. The project became effective in January 1990 and...

Interim Evaluation Executive Summary The Programme for Strengthening the Regional Capacity for Evaluation of Rural Poverty-Alleviation Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (PREVAL) covers...

Évaluation intermédiare La zone d'intervention du Projet de sécurité alimentaire au Nord-Guéra (PSANG) comprend les trois sous-préfectures septentrionales du Guéra (Bitkine, Mongo et Magalmé), au...

Interim evaluation Introduction The Ixtlera region is a semi-arid area covering 155 000 square kilometres in north-eastern Mexico, spanning parts of the states of San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas,...

Introduction The tribal communities are among the most underprivileged people of India. They are severely impacted by poverty and its manifestations, such as low levels of literacy and health care,...

Resumé valide par les partenaires du Psang des principales leçons tirées de l'evaluation de la première phase et des orientations proposées pour une second phase La validation des conclusions et...

Fundación para la Capacitación e Investigación Aplicada a la ReformaAgraria (CIARA): (TAG231) El Programa, aprobado a fines de 1991 por la Junta Ejecutiva del FIDA, se ha estado implementando a...

Interim Evaluation Executive Summary The target group for PATAP is: (i) project staff engaged in IFAD projects; (ii) farmers representing the beneficiaries in these projects; (iii) the sectoral...

El Proyecto de Desarrollo y Consolidación de las Colonias de Pequeños Agricultores en el Departamento de Santa Cruz (PRODEPA) fue identificado por la Misión Especial de Programación del Fondo...

Interim evaluation Project design and objectives Target group In the appraisal document (1990), the target group was estimated at 21 000 farmers having holdings of less than four hectares; 77% of...

Interim evaluation Ghana has a total area of about 240 000 km2, of which the Upper East Region (UER) covers about 8 800 (3.7 % ) in the Northeast corner. The total population with annual growth...

Cette évaluation du portefeuille de projets financés par le FIDA en Mauritanie est la septième du genre. Comme les précédentes, elle répond au besoin du Fonds de comprendre, en longue durée, dans...

Interim evaluation Although the server, the coordinator and the support staff are all located in Santiago, Chile, the project area covers the entire region of Latin America and the Caribbean....

Evaluation purpose and scope This is the fourth evaluation1 in a series of Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs), which the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development...

Completion evaluation Project area The Northern Zone Agricultural Credit Development Project initially covered the cantons of Upala and Guatuso in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica's Huetar...

Completion Evaluation Introduction The IFAD Completion Evaluation (CE) mission of the Orissa Tribal Development Project (OTDP) visited India from 9 to 21 November 1998. The objectives of the...

Ex-post Evaluation August 1997 Executive Summary THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EX-POST EVALUATION MISSION So far the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has financed only one project in...

Interim Evaluation Exectuive Summary In April 1996 the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recommended that the Executive Board approve a new...

Mid-term Evaluation Project design and objectives Target group The target group represents medium- and low-income groups categorised as semi-commercial and subsistence farmers. This target group,...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Project design and objectives Target group There are no accurate data concerning the population of the project area. At the time of the last census held in 1983, the settled population was 24 400...

Focused evaluation The Kingdom of Lesotho, which is surrounded entirely by the Republic of South Africa (RSA), has an area of about 30 600 km2. About 18%, 18%, 51% and 13% of Lesotho is classified...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Interim Evaluation Condensed Executive Summary The PRIA was made possible by an IFAD Technical Assistant Grant of USD 2.000.000 and a Technical Cooperation Grant of USD 150.000 contributed by the...

Interim evaluation Project design and objectives Target group The EZ comprises the project area of FEZAP, the population in 1991 was estimated at 191 000 and the target group comprised a total of...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Mid-term Evaluation Jordan is a small country with a population of 4.5 million (1997). Its total area is 89 200 km2 of which only 1% is inland water. The country is divided into four regions...

Interim Evaluation Executive Summary The aim of this interim evaluation report is to analyze the performance of the Regional Programme of Training in Rural Development (RPTRD) during its second...

Completion evaluation The geographic area covered by the project coincides with the twelve districts of the Governorate of Sidi Bouzid, totalling 755 500 hectares. In 1994 the total population in...

Mid-term evaluation Project area St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) comprises an archipelago of islands in the Eastern Caribbean. The Smallholder Crop Improvement and Marketing Project (SCIMP)...

Completion evaluation La République de Djibouti est un petit pays de 23 000 km2 dont la population actuelle est estimée à 520 000 personnes sans compter les réfugiés. Les conditions naturelles sont...

Zona de intervención La zona de intervención del PPZN abarcó en su inicio los cantones de Upala y Guatuso, situados en la provincia de Alajuela, Región Huetar Norte. En el año 1994 se amplió al...

Completion evaluation The geographic area covered by the project coincides with the twelve districts of the Governorate of Sidi Bouzid, totalling 755 500 hectares. In 1994 the total population in...

EVALUATION PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. At the request of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation and Studies (OE) has carried out a...

Interim Evaluation Project area The project area comprises of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue islands. The topography is mostly mountainous with limited flat land. The soils are generally free of stones...

Interim evaluation The Federal Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) is a small, mountainous country, almost landlocked. The climate is continental except for the immediate hinterland of the...

Mid-term evaluation Situated off the coast of Senegal, to the west, the ten volcanic islands making up the Republic of Cape Verde have a dry tropical climate, with a rainy season from July to...

Interim Evaluation The project area covers the Hoima District, which is located in the Uganda's equatorial zone. The altitude ranges from 670 m to 1 500 m. The total area of the district is about...

List of acronyms and abbreviations ADB Agricultural Development Bank CI Cooperating Institution CLW Community Livestock Worker CPE Country Portfolio Evaluation DAES Department of Agricultural...

Mid-term evaluation report The Gambia has a total area of 10 400 square kilometres and lies on the West Coast of Africa. It consists of a narrow strip of land 10 Kilometres wide on either bank of...

En virtud del interés evidenciado por el Gobierno de la República Argentina y por la División de América Latina y el Caribe del FIDA en una segunda fase del mismo, se acordó (siguiendo las...

Interim Evaluation The Project is executed by the Women Development Division (WDD) of MLD and is implemented through a corps of Women Development Officers and Workers (WWs). Credit is channelled by...

Completion Evaluation The Indonesian economy grew robustly in the 70's as a result of favorable economic policies, but the fall in oil prices in the 80's has caused severe deterioration in the...

Mid-term evaluation Results The Tamil Nadu Women's Development Project (TNWDP) has considerable achievements. It has almost reached the quantitative targets of loans disbursed and has overachieved...

Interim evaluation The project covers the whole of the Province of Xieng Khouang, a mountainous region in the North-East of Laos. In 1989, its population was 177 000 people and some 217 000 in...

Mid-term evaluation The geographic area covered by the Project consists of nine rural communes in Figuig and Oujda provinces, accounting for a total area of some 3.1 million hectares. The...

Completion Evaluation The project area, in the northern part of Uganda, covers about 25% of the total land area, or approximately 59,000 square km, in seven administrative districts. The terrain is...

Purpose and scope The Kenya Animal Health Services Rehabilitation Programme aimed to improve the delivery of animal health services to the large number of small livestock owners nationwide. This...

Interim evaluation With an estimated GNP per capita of just USD 100, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world - about one third of the population live in absolute poverty. Ninety per...

Completion Evaluation October 1994 Executive Summary Background Over the last twenty years, Mauritius has undergone major structural changes from an agricultural mono-crop economy with a rapidly...

Ex-post evaluation Rural poverty in Brazil is concentrated in the Northeast region of the country. Per capita income in this region is only half the average for the country. Seventy percent of...

Mid-term Evaluation Findings The Hillside Farmers Support Project (HFSP) is in its fifth out of the six years initially planned for implementation. Project objectives were to provide credit and...

Mid-term Evaluation Progress in implementation Physical and Financial Performance: Although the Loan Agreement was signed in January 1988, delays resulted in IFAD credit being utilized only in Year...

Over the last twenty years, Mauritius has undergone major structural changes from an agricultural mono-crop economy with a rapidly growing population, high unemployment and low per capita incomes...

Completion evaluation The Completion Evaluation mission of the Small Farmers Agricultural Development (SFAD) project worked in St. Lucia from the 2nd to the 19th of November 1994. The project faced...

The aim of the Interim Evaluation Mission (IEM) was to review the implementation of the Toledo Small Farmers Development Project (TSFDP) in relation to the stated hypotheses, strategies, targets...

Evaluation purpose and scope At the request of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) a series of Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) were undertaken in...

Ex-post Evaluation In the 1970s, the Indonesian economy grew robustly as a result of favourable economic policies. Since 1981, however, the fall in oil prices has caused a severe deterioration in...

Mid-term evaluation Project design and objectives Background Country context. During the past three decades, Thailand has enjoyed a consistently high rate of economic growth which has pushed it...

Completion evaluation1 Introduction Following the closing of the Tafilalet and Dadès Rural Development Project (PDRT), a completion evaluation mission from the Office of Evaluation of the...

Completion evaluation report summary The project area comprises two distinct swamp areas located 7 km apart on the southern banks of the river Gambia. The climate, soils and topography are...

La zone du projet couvre le nord-est du massif du Fouta Djallon, constituée en grande partie de zones d'altitude ainsi que des versants nord et nord-est du massif. Elle englobe les préfectures de...

Main findings and conclusions Evaluation purpose and scope This is the second Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) undertaken by the Fund. Its purpose is to contribute to better project design and...

The project covers the rural areas of the northern provinces of the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its cost was USD 21.0 million and the amount of the IFAD loan USD 13.8 million. The target...

The most notable achievements of the project have been: an increase in the production and productivity of some goods such as potatoes and peaches, and an improvement in sheep management, as a...

Lesotho is a small, mountainous country which is entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The economy is largely open to and dependent on that of South Africa, which provides...

Mid-term evaluation Rwanda has one of the highest population densities in the world (280/km2 ) and a very high annual population growth rate (3.3%), the result is that land access is becoming...

Mid-term evaluation report summary The project area is in the Inner Himalayan region in west-central Bhutan, with peaks ranging from 3 000 to 5 000 meters and includes many densely populated...

El proyecto se encuentra localizado en la parte sudoriental del departamento de Potosí e incluye zonas rurales de las provincias de Nor Chichas, Sud Chichas y Modesto Omiste. El área de...

Interim evaluation The aim of the Cotagaita San Juan del Oro Agricultural Development Project (PCSJO) is to increase the incomes and living standards of the rural population of the provinces of Nor...

Interim evaluation The project was designed to build institutions and provide the platform for future development. Overall, only modest production increases were expected given the pilot nature of...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire Le PSN est constitué de trois sous programmes ou "volets" répartis dans cinq zones d'intervention ou "unités de terrain" (UT) très dispersées et...

Mid-term evaluation The project area covers four of the Central Plateau's seven provinces: Yatenga, Passoré (northern CRPA), Bam and Sanmatenga (north-central CRPA) and more precisely 12...

Completion evaluation Under the Second Small Farmer Development Project (SFDP II), the assistance given to small farmer groups (SFGs) was extended to a further 12 districts. At the same time,...

Interim Evaluation Agricultural Management Training in Africa (AMTA) Executive Summary A. Background 1. The Agricultural Management Training Programme for Africa (AMTA) was conceived by IFAD in the...

The project Introduction The USD 3.3 million Second Artisanal Fisheries Development Project was approved in December 1990 and became effective in April 1992. The IFAD loan amounts to SDR 1.2...

Interim evaluation The Minya governorate constitutes a project area of 223 500 ha of which about 188 120 ha are under cultivation. The cultivated area is generally flat, with fine to medium...

Interim evaluation Background The project area consists of about 16 000 feddans and is located about 160 km North-West of Cairo. The topography is flat to gently undulating with soils that are...

The project was to be situated within the Kasungu Agricultural Development Division (KADD). It would be part of the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) and comprise the Kasungu, Mchinji and...

Interim evaluation report Background The Fayoum governorate is located in a depression of about 179 500 ha south of Cairo and 25 km west of the Nile River. It is a clearly defined basin, with...

Interim Evaluation Report Background and present status Agriculture is the main sector of the Guatemalan economy, accounting for about 26% of GDP and providing employment for over 50% of the...

Ex-post Evaluation Introduction The objectives of the Study were to analyze the positive and negative impacts and effects of the actions displayed within the frame of the Integrated Rural...

Mid-term Evaluation Report The project is national in coverage but some components are directed to three districts in each of Eastern and Luapula provinces. Since almost all of rural Zambia is...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire La zone du projet comprend un vaste espace constitué par 5 régions (wilayas) sur les 12 que compte le pays. Les oasis, environ 350, sont éparpillées,...

Interim evaluation Sao Tome et principe is constituted of two islands at 300 km of Gabon. The various agro-ecological conditions (930 mm of rainfallsin the north and more than 7 000 mm in the...

Interim evaluation report Despite an estimated real GDP growth of 10% an outcome of expansion on mining, 50% of the population live at below subsistence level. Agriculture remains the dominant...

Mid-term Evaluation Although agriculture is the dominant sector of Uganda's economy, less than 30% of the total arable area is presently under cultivation. The country suffered considerably in the...

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small land-locked country situated in the south-eastern part of the African continent and almost entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The economy...

Evaluation purpose and scope Responding to an Executive Board request, it was decided that Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) be carried out in countries where a substantial amount of experience...