Poverty Reduction that Works: Experience of Scaling Up Development Success

Contents......Page 6
List of figures, tables and boxes......Page 10
Foreword......Page 14
List of acronyms and abbreviations......Page 16
Targeted poverty reduction efforts......Page 20
Case studies......Page 21
Good practice in targeted poverty reduction......Page 24
The paradox of scaling up development success......Page 28
Resolving the tensions that limit scaling up......Page 29
Conclusions and recommendations......Page 36
Notes......Page 37
References......Page 38
PART I – Employment Generation and Participatory Area Development......Page 40
Introduction......Page 42
Project formulation......Page 43
Project description......Page 45
Impacts and outcomes......Page 51
Challenges faced and how they were overcome......Page 54
Lessons learned......Page 55
Good practice......Page 56
Acknowledgements......Page 57
References......Page 58
Introduction......Page 60
Project formulation......Page 61
Key elements of the project......Page 62
Key technical inputs......Page 70
Impact......Page 71
Project cost......Page 76
Challenges faced and how they were overcome......Page 77
Lessons learned......Page 78
Key innovative features......Page 79
Good practice......Page 80
Conclusions......Page 81
References......Page 82
Introduction......Page 84
Project activities and objectives......Page 85
Key elements of the project......Page 86
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 88
Good practice......Page 89
Conclusions......Page 90
References......Page 91
PART II – Local Economic Development......Page 94
Introduction......Page 96
Project formulation......Page 97
Key elements of the project......Page 98
Project activities......Page 99
Impact and outcomes......Page 100
Total project costs......Page 101
Monitoring and evaluation of project activities......Page 102
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 104
Good practice......Page 105
Potential for replication......Page 106
References......Page 107
Introduction......Page 110
Project formulation......Page 111
Key elements of the project......Page 112
Project activities......Page 113
Impact......Page 119
Project management......Page 120
Monitoring and evaluation of project activities......Page 121
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 123
Lessons learned......Page 124
Good practice......Page 125
Conclusions......Page 126
References......Page 127
Introduction......Page 128
The project......Page 129
Project goals and objectives......Page 130
Key elements of the project......Page 131
Product development......Page 132
Market place promotion......Page 133
Technical inputs......Page 134
Funding for the project......Page 135
Implementing agency......Page 136
Outcomes of OTOP......Page 138
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 139
Lessons learned from OTOP......Page 140
Success cases......Page 141
Good practice......Page 142
Notes......Page 143
References......Page 144
PART III – Agriculture and Rural Development for Poverty Reduction......Page 146
Introduction......Page 148
The project......Page 150
Project formulation......Page 153
Project goals and objectives......Page 154
Project activities......Page 155
Timeframe......Page 158
Outputs......Page 159
Project management......Page 160
Coordination mechanisms......Page 161
Lessons learned......Page 162
Good practice......Page 164
Conclusions......Page 165
References......Page 166
Introduction......Page 168
Project formulation......Page 170
Key elements of the project......Page 171
Impact and outcomes......Page 173
Total project cost......Page 177
Project management, monitoring and evaluation......Page 178
Lessons learned......Page 180
Good practice......Page 181
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 182
Conclusions......Page 183
References......Page 185
Introduction......Page 186
The project......Page 187
Project formulation......Page 189
Key elements of the project......Page 190
Project activities......Page 191
Impact and outcomes......Page 192
Project management......Page 193
Lessons learned......Page 194
Good practice......Page 195
Notes......Page 196
References......Page 197
Introduction......Page 200
Context......Page 201
Project goals and objectives......Page 202
Key elements of the project......Page 203
Key activities......Page 204
Project impacts and outcomes......Page 209
Project cost......Page 213
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 214
Lessons learned......Page 215
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 216
Conclusions......Page 217
References......Page 218
The project......Page 220
Project formulation......Page 221
Project activities......Page 222
Impact and outcomes......Page 226
Total project cost......Page 230
Project management......Page 231
Lessons learned......Page 232
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 233
References......Page 234
PART IV – Localization of Millennium Development Goals and Monitoring......Page 236
Introduction......Page 238
The project......Page 239
Project formulation......Page 240
Key elements of the project......Page 241
Impact and outcomes......Page 244
Total project cost......Page 246
Monitoring and evaluation of project activities......Page 247
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 248
Lessons learned......Page 249
Good practice......Page 251
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 253
Conclusions......Page 254
Notes......Page 255
References......Page 256
Introduction......Page 258
Context......Page 259
The project......Page 260
Project goals and objectives......Page 261
Key elements of the project......Page 262
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 266
Lessons learned......Page 267
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 269
Conclusions......Page 270
References......Page 271
Introduction......Page 274
Programme formulation......Page 275
Key elements of the programme......Page 277
Programme activities......Page 278
Impacts and outcomes......Page 280
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 283
Lessons learned and good practice......Page 286
Potential for scaling up and conclusions......Page 288
References......Page 289
Introduction......Page 290
The project......Page 291
Project formulation......Page 292
Key elements of the project......Page 293
Impact and outcomes......Page 297
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 300
Lessons learned......Page 303
Conclusions......Page 307
References......Page 308
PART V – Social Safety Nets and Microfinance......Page 310
Introduction......Page 312
Project formulation......Page 313
Key elements of the project......Page 314
Impact and outcomes......Page 316
Project management......Page 318
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 319
Lessons learned......Page 321
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 322
Notes......Page 324
References......Page 325
Introduction......Page 326
The project......Page 328
Impacts and outcomes......Page 332
Lessons learned......Page 337
Notes......Page 338
References......Page 340
Introduction......Page 342
The project......Page 343
Project formulation......Page 344
Key elements of the project......Page 346
Impacts and outcomes......Page 351
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 354
Conclusions......Page 355
References......Page 356
Introduction......Page 358
Project formulation......Page 359
Key elements of the project......Page 361
Impacts and outcomes......Page 362
Project management......Page 363
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 364
Lessons learned......Page 365
The potential for scaling up and replication......Page 367
Conclusions......Page 368
References......Page 369
PART VI – Community Mobilization and Advocacy for the Millennium Development Goals......Page 370
Introduction......Page 372
The project......Page 375
Key elements of the project......Page 376
Challenges and how they were overcome......Page 383
Lessons learned......Page 384
Potential for scaling up and replication......Page 386
References......Page 387
List of contributors......Page 388
Index......Page 392