Monitoring and Evaluating the Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Water Investments

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:...

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Main Author:	Sur, Mona
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9606

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Summary:	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.