Download Impact Evaluation - Rural Development - Lecture Slides and more Slides Human Development in PDF only on Docsity! “Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness.” Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel, Cairo, Egypt March 29-April 2, 2009 Docsity.com Adopted in 1993 by DAR as its key development strategy in the provision of comprehensive development interventions on land tenure improvement (LTI), agrarian justice [AJ] & program beneficiaries development (PBD). AGRARIAN REFORM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Background: Docsity.com Prime Agricultural Areas High Technology High Productivity Integrated agribusiness system approach Semi-Prime Areas To provide production support system to the prime agricultural areas To serve as mid- processing or market centers for the relatively inaccessible areas Satellite Areas Inaccessible, low soil fertility, low production Inadequate facilities, limited access to government services & farmers producing more for subsistence than for commerce 3 MODALITIES in rural communities Docsity.com Basis for planning of interventions, project development & budgeting Informed decision-making Organizational capacity development & learning Establishes substantive accountability and organizational positioning Docsity.com • Participatory/inclusive development • Balance between quantitative and qualitative data • Contribution Analysis • Wholistic/Integrated • Poverty & culture sensitive tool • Technology based PRINCIPLES Docsity.com 3. ECONOMIC & PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT SERVICES (ECOPISS) Assesses the delivery of needed economic and physical infrastructure support services to the ARCs, provision of credit and marketing services, and rural-based industries established to effect increase in ARBs productivity and household income. 4. FARM PRODUCTIVITY & INCOME (FPI) Assesses the ARBs’ adoption of appropriate farming technology to increase farm productivity and income. KEY RESULT AREAS OF ALDA Docsity.com 5. BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES (BSS) Defines the existing basic social services in the ARC and the extent of access of the households to the services. 6. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD) Assesses the access to land and economic services, and the participation of women in organizations and local governments KEY RESULT AREAS OF ALDA Docsity.com Convenient way in summarizing many components or indicators Aggregates all indicators and KRAs of the ALDA incorporating the assigned weights Useful in comparing many samples and determining growth & development trends Indicators are link to performance measurement of different stakeholders WHY AN INDEX? DEVELOPMENT OF SRDI AS A BASIS FOR ALDA Docsity.com In each modality, thresholds are determined: Level 1. Lower level of development Level 2. Low-level of development Level 3. Medium level of development Level 4. High Medium Level of dev’t. Level 5. Higher Level of development Docsity.com Issues in building the SRDRI: It entails a lot of groundwork at the country level as it needs key players. We need adequate support to undertake advocacy-brainstorming sessions, forums, web- discussions, conduct trainings, research, workshops, and the application of knowledge and for its sharing to others. Establishing the index means evolving it based on consensus, and sustain it s relevance by incorporating those emerging issues Examples, climate change and globalization. Docsity.com