Office of Evaluation IFAD 18 March 2011

1. Project Performance AssessmentRural Income Diversification Project in TuyenQuang ProvinceWrap-up of PPA Mission Office of Evaluation IFAD 18 March 2011

2. Project Performance Assessment (PPA) • A new form of project evaluation • Linkage with country programme evaluation • Preliminary findings based on : • Reviewing project completion report, mid-term review, supervision reports, project status reports • Meetings with government and other key partners • Discussion with project management • Interviews with DPCU, CDB, VDB, women’s groups, SCGs, etc. Office of Evaluation, IFAD

3. Evaluation Criteria Applied in PPA • Relevance • Effectiveness • Efficiency • Rural poverty reduction impact • Household income and assets • Human and social capital and empowerment • Food security and agricultural productivity • Natural resources and environment • Institutions and policies • Sustainability • Pro-poor innovation, replication, and scaling up • Gender equality and women’s empowerment • Performance of partners Office of Evaluation, IFAD

4. Key findings - I • Successful pilot in promoting decentralization • Ownership, participation and capacity building • Mainstreamed into implementation of government programmes • A step forward from farm to market • Intra-village roads and other SSI • New varieties, livestock (AHW) • Micro credit and micro enterprise • Fundamental base for sustainable use of forest • Forest land use certificate • Invest in and benefit from forest land • Significant achievement in gender equality • Awareness • High relevance of Women’s Livelihood Fund Office of Evaluation, IFAD

5. Key findings - II • Underperformance of micro enterprise • Micro enterprise and micro credit in package • Importance of identifying the right agency • Potential risks in sustaining micro-credit • Some SCGs members stopped savings • Formal credit record • Challenges in empowering ethnic minorities • Targeting poor in general • Few adapted activities for minorities Office of Evaluation, IFAD

6. Project performance • Relevance • Aligned to the government strategy • Food security and income diversification were the needs of the target groups • Effectiveness • Increased capacities of target groups • Enhanced food security and income diversification • Improved sustainable use of forest resources • Efficiency • Effective coordination • Effective M&E and impact studies Office of Evaluation, IFAD

7. Impact and Other criteria • Rural poverty reduction impact • Diversified income, potential for marketing development • Newly formed pro-poor social capital • Increased food security and agri productivity • Sustainable use of natural resources • Enhanced institutions and contributed to policy implementation • Significant potential for scaling-up (decentralization, vocational training) • Achievement in women’s empowerment Office of Evaluation, IFAD

8. What matters for future? • Build models of micro and small enterprises! • Assist in market information and access! • Further support implementation of decentralization? • Support employment and vocational training ? • Continue supporting farm production ? • Refine targeting for ethnic minorities or continue to target the poor in general ? • Rethink the future of SCGs (upgrading, building formal record, taking group activities)? Office of Evaluation, IFAD

9. Thank You Office of Evaluation, IFAD