Evaluation insights
Insights focus on one learning issue emerging from corporate, thematic, or country programme evaluations. Presenting a hypothesis, Insights will form the basis for debate and discussion amongst development professionals and policy makers within IFAD and outside the institution. Insights are written by OE in collaboration with other members of the evaluation’s Core Learning Partnership and are intended for a wide audience including IFAD staff, Executive Board members, project staff, government official, co-operating institutions, NGOs and other partners.
Argentine Republic
Issue# 16: March 2011
Decentralized project implementation coordinated at the central government level
Brazil
Issue #17 - March 2011
System-building and leveraging state policies for the development of family agriculture
China
Issue #15 - February 2011
Rural cooperatives substantially increase their outreach to the poorest rural people in partnership with IFAD
Mozambique
Issue #14 - July 2010
Improving the market participation of smallholders and artisanal fishers
Ghana
Insight #19 - May 2012
Matching grants: a smarter way to subsidize rural finance?
India
Issue #13 - March 2010
Empowering women through self-help groups
Issue #12 - March 2010
What might agricultural interventions bring to tribal people?
Nigeria
Issue #10 - September 2009
Key elements for supporting the renewed focus on agricultural productivity and small-scale agricultural development in Nigeria
Pakistan
Issue #9 – November 2008
Operating in remote disadvantaged and conflict-affected areas of Pakistan
Rwanda
Issue #18 - March 2012
Farm intensification, crop diversification and non- farming jobs in Rwanda
2008 Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI):
Issue #8 - September 2010
Country context and the impact of IFAD-funded activities
Issue #7 - September 2010
Towards reaching an understanding of the causes of, and solutions to, weak M&E performance in IFAD-financed projects
Morocco
Issue #6 – September 2008
Targeting and community development approaches: IFAD’s experience in Morocco
Brazil
Issue #5 - May 2008
The role of IFAD in a middle-income country such as Brazil
Mali
Issue #4 – January 2008
The demand-driven approach: advantages and risks
IFAD's Field Presence Pilot Programme
Issue #3 – September 2007
Delegation of authority is essential to a successful country presence
Philippines
Issue #2 – May 2003
A winning development strategy? Replicating Grameen in the Philippines
Sri Lanka
Issue #1 – January 2003
Beyond the framework: The challenge for rural poverty reduction