Monitoring and Evaluation of Benefits in Agriculture and Rural Development

William J. Staub and Bruce Koppel

Asian Development Review (ADR), 1986, vol. 04, issue 01, 100-110

Abstract: In the last two decades, developing countries in the Asian and Pacific region have made large investments in agricultural, irrigation and rural development projects. Many of the projects have been assisted by bilateral and multilateral development agencies. While the rapid progress in agricultural and rural development in the region since the mid-1960s can be directly associated with these investments, the performance of many projects has fallen short of expectations. This situation has led to increasing attention being given to the design and implementation of projects. As a result, new initiatives have been taken to improve the performance of projects. These range from efforts to increase the participation of beneficiaries in the designing and operations of projects to improvements in project management procedures and skills. This article focuses on one initiative that has implications for almost all efforts to improve the efficiency of these investments, namely, monitoring and evaluation of the benefits of development projects…

Date: 1986
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