Monitoring and Evaluating the Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Water Investments

Monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the poverty impact of agricultural water investments may allow some conclusions about returns on different types of investments and their contributions to poverty reduction. This paper recommends the following: involve beneficiaries early in the M&E process -- broad consultations and early involvement of users in the design and implementation of the M&E system will do much to build consensus and ownership; use beneficiary self-assessments and other participatory approaches so that assessments can be made midcourse -- there may be a long time lag in realizing a reduction in poverty from agricultural water-related projects, and the poverty impact often cannot be evaluated until well after a project ends; keep the number of indicators collected within manageable proportions; and ensure that a good baseline survey is undertaken -- without a proper baseline, it is difficult to monitor progress and evaluate the impacts of investments.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sur, Mona
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-06
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, BASELINE SURVEYS, BENEFICIARY GROUPS, CHILD MORTALITY, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONTROL GROUPS, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, CROP YIELDS, DATA COLLECTION, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXTREME POVERTY, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARMERS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD PRICES, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, IMPACT EVALUATION, IMPACT INDICATORS, IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT, INCOME, INDICATORS OF POVERTY, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, IRRIGATION, LANDHOLDING SIZE, LANDLESS PEOPLE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVING STANDARDS, M&AMP, E SYSTEMS, MALNUTRITION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MONITORING DATA, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NONEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OUTCOME INDICATORS, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PARTICIPATORY METHODS, PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY RESEARCH, POOR, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY IMPACTS, POVERTY M&AMP, E, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRACTITIONERS, PROGRESS, PROJECT BENEFICIARIES, PROJECT IMPACTS, PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING, QUALITATIVE DATA, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, QUALITATIVE METHODS, QUALITY OF SERVICES, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS, RURAL, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY LINE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, SUBSISTENCE, TARGETING, WAGES, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WELFARE MEASURES, WELLBEING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7014879/monitoring-evaluating-poverty-impacts-agricultural-water-investments https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9606
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