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Independent External Evaluation (IEE): Selection of Countries, Projects & TAGs

IFAD’s Executive Board has insisted from the beginning of the IEE process that the sampling methodology used to select the countries and projects to be studied by the IEE team in the desk study and during the field visits is random. Random sampling is one way to ensure that the IEE is independent, impartial and credible.

Anxiously awaiting the resultsThe purpose of this communication is to provide feedback on the results of the random sampling exercise which took place last Friday, 30 January, at 11am in the Office of Evaluation. Approximately 40 IFAD staff attended the event including representatives from the regional divisions, OE and other organizational units. Mr Jim Carruthers, Assistant President PMD, Mr Luciano Lavizzari, Director OE, and Mr Derek Poate, the IEE team leader were also present.

The first task was to randomly select 21 countries (4 from Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Near East and North Africa, and 5 from Asia and the Pacific) for the IEE desk study. Then ten countries (2 from each region) were again randomly selected from the initial selection of 21 countries for the IEE field work.

Left to right: Mr Luciano Lavizzari, Director of Office of Evaluation, Mr Jim Carruthers, Assistant President PMD and Mr Derek Poate (last person to the right), the IEE team leaderLater the same morning, 42 projects from the 21 selected countries and 4 TAGs (taken from a list of IFAD TAGs approved by the Board between 1994 and 2003) were randomly selected. Finally, 20 of those 42 projects were selected for the desk study. This part of the selection process enjoyed a smaller audience but included representatives from OE, PMD and Information Training and Development (ITAD) – the IEE service provider.

The sample countries, projects and TAGs are presented below.

 

A. Countries and projects for desk study

Countries and projects in PA

Burkina Faso

  • South West Rural Development Project
  • Rural Microenterprise Support Project

Ghana

  • Village Infrastructure Programme
  • Rural Enterprise Project Phase II

Guinea

  • Smallholder Development Project in the Forest Region
  • Smallholder Development Project in the North Lower Guinea

Senegal

  • Village Organisation and Management Project
  • Agricultural Development Project in Matam Phase II

Countries and projects in PF

Eritrea

  • Eastern Lowlands Wadi Development Project
  • Gash-Barka Livestock and Agricultural Development Project

Mozambique

  • Nampula Artisanal Fisheries Project
  • PAMA (Programe de Apoio aos Mercados Agricolas) Support Project

Rwanda

  • Intensified Land Use Management Project in the Buberuka Highlands
  • Rural Small & Microenterprise Promotion Project (Phase I)

Tanzania

  • Rural Financial Services Programme
  • Agricultural System Development Programme
   

Countries and projects in PI

Bangladesh

  • Small-scale Water Resource Development Sector Project
  • Aquaculture Development Project

India

  • Maharashtra Rural Credit Project
  • Jharkhand-Chattisgarh Tribal Development Programme

Mongolia

  • Arhangai Rural Poverty Alleviation Project
  • Rural Poverty Reduction Project

Nepal

  • Poverty Alleviation Project in West Terai
  • Western Uplands Poverty Alleviation Project

Pakistan

  • Pat Feeder Command Area Development Project
  • North-Western Frontier Barani Area Development Project

Countries and projects in PL

Bolivia

  • Sustainable Development Project by Beni Indigenous People
  • Small Farmers Technical Assistance Service Project
  • Management of Natural Resources in the Chaco & High Valley Region

Chile

  • Agricultural Development Project for Peasant Communities and Smallholders of the IV Region

Guatemala

  • Programme for Rural Development and Reconstruction in the Quiché Department
  • Rural Development Programme for Las Verapaces

Peru

  • Management of Natural Resources in the Southern Highlands Project
  • Puno Cusco Corridor Development Project
   

Countries and projects in PN

Armenia

  • North-west Agricultural Service Project
  • Agricultural Services Project

Egypt

  • East Delta Newlands Agricultural Service Project
  • West Noubaria Rural Development Project

Jordan

  • Agricultural Resource Management in the Governorates of Karak & Tafilat
  • National Programme for Rangeland Rehabilitation & Development Phase I

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  • Southern & Eastern Region Rural Rehabilitation Project
  • Agricultural Financial Services Project

Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs)

  • Establishment of the Near East and North Africa Management Training in Agriculture
  • Global Cassava Development Strategy
  • Validation & Delivery of New Technologies for Increasing the Productivity of Flood-prone Rice Lands in South and Southeast Asia
  • Poverty Alleviation and Enhanced Food Availability in West Africa

B. Countries and projects for field visit

Countries and projects in PA

Burkina Faso

  • South West Rural Development Project
  • Rural Microenterprise Support Project

Guinea

  • Smallholder Development in the Forest Region
  • Smallholder Development in North Lower Guinea

Countries and projects in PI

Bangladesh

  • Small-scale Water Resources Development Sector Project
  • Aquaculture Development Project

Pakistan

  • Pat Feeder Command Area
  • North-Western Frontier Barani Areaa Development Project

 

  

Countries and projects in PF

Mozambique

  • Nampula Artisanal Fisheries Project
  • PAMA Support Project

Tanzania

  • Rural Financial Services Programme
  • Agricultural System Development Programme

Countries and projects in PL

Bolivia

  • Sustainable Development by Beni Indigenous People
  • Small Farmers Technical Assistance Services Project

Peru

  • Management of Natural Resource in the Southern Highlands Project
  • Puno Cusco Corridor Development Project
   

Countries and projects in PN

Armenia

  • North-west Agricultural Service Project
  • Agricultural Services Project

Egypt

  • East Delta Newlands Agricultural Service Project
  • West Noubaria Rural Development Project
  


It is important to note that in addition to the projects listed in the above tables, the IEE is expected to review the documentation pertaining to all other projects in the 21 listed countries that became effective between 1994 and 2003.

Fine-tuning the technology
Trying to second guess the outcome

 

 

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