The evaluation confirms the value of IFAD’s work in addressing rural poverty in India. While the Fund has contributed to promoting pro-poor innovations in particular, it has also served as a ‘demonstrator’ of how to design, implement, supervise, and monitor and evaluate pro-poor agriculture and rural development projects and programmes in a systematic manner. Satisfactory results have been achieved, especially with regard to promoting livelihoods among tribal people, empowering women through the formation of selfhelp groups, and developing rural finance systems at the grassroots level. There is also evidence of policy impact. The evaluation found, however, that limited attention had been paid to agriculture (e.g., crop development, research and extension, etc.) in rainfed areas, although more recent operations include agricultural activities.