Country Evaluation : Assessment of Development Results ADR

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Country Evaluation Assessment of Development
Results (ADR) INDIA
United Nations Development Programme
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I. First Evaluation Under ADR Concept
The ADR is an in-depth and independent results
assessment mechanism that will provide a measure
of development effectiveness of UNDPs
interventions in a country.

• Strategic Perspective
• Focus on Outcome
• Value added and Leveraging UNDP distinctiveness
• Partnership for Results

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IIa. Country Context

• Vibrant democracy, active judiciary/civil
  society, independent media, decentralization
• One of 10 fastest growing economy
• Declining poverty

• Significant improvements in
• Life expectancy
• Total fertility rate
• Literacy
• Higher education
• Agricultural Productivity and Food Reserves

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IIb. Development Challenges

• Human Development Issues
• Persistent disparities
• (regional, gender, class)
• High unemployment
• Health Education
• Stagnating IMR
• Environment Degradation

• Sustain High Growth
• Tackling Fiscal Deficit
• Enlarging and Deepening Economic Reform

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IIc. Role of External Aid

• External Assistance 8.4 of Plan Outlay
• Other International Institutions (Including UNDP)
  0.23 of External Assistance
• Significant Non-DAC contributor to UNDP
• One of the largest recipients of UNDP Assistance

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IId. UNDP Strengths

• Currency of Ideas
• Image of Neutrality
• Rich Global Experience and Networks
• Innovative Approach
• Rigour in Programme Planning, Implementation,
  Monitoring and Evaluation

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IIe. CCF-1 Thematic Focus (1997-2002)

• 4 Themes, 10 Programmes
• Employment and Sustainable Livelihood
• Access to Basic Services
• Management of Development
• Sustainable Development
• Supported 110 Projects

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IIIa. Key Findings Strategic Positioning
and Relevance

• CCF Supported Vigorous Role of State in Social
  Development
• Five Programmes Linked to Poverty, Two for
  Economic Reforms and Local Government, and One
  for Environment
• Strategic choices exercised for addressing long
  term priorities.
• Missed opportunities for policy input in
  Macro-reform issues

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IIIb. Key Findings - Programme Performance

• Profound change in character of intervention
• Building institutions for community based
  programmes
• Generated good policy input for rural
  development, poverty alleviation and community
  services
• Lack of Focus and Synergy
• Partnership missed important local axis
• Policy link not proactive (afterthought)

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IIIc. Assessment of Development Results
Community Based Pro-Poor Initiatives

• Self help groups/ organizations/ mandal mahila
  samakhya
• Excellent training materials
• Women self confident, active and articulate
• Caste barriers broken
• Commercial banks ready to lend

• Decline in child labour, early marriages,
• Revival of biodiversity
• Fruit orchards developed
• Gender dimension added in water shed development
  programme

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IIId. Assessment of Development Results
Community Based Pro-Poor Initiatives

• Convergence
• Many sub-programmes Gender Blind
• Men and Gender Equality
• Active engagement of local administration/Institut
  ions
• Sub-programmes, unlikely to help the landless

• Permissions for undertaking developmental works
• Threats from vested interest
• Introduction of technology
• Problem of effective interventions where well
  established NGOs do not exist
• Hot House Experiments

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IIIe. Assessment of Development Results State
Human Development Project
Achievements
Challenges

• Signature service
• SHDRs preceded the HDRC
• ACA to State Govts an advocacy achievement for
  UNDPs Global HDR
• Sikkim report published, five others under
  finalization
• MOUs signed with five states
• Only four states Haryana, Nagaland, Manipur and
  West Bengal have not shown interest in SHDR

• Greater commitment of states
• More down stream work
• Avoiding target orientation
• More upstream work

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IV. Lessons Learned

• Leveraging UNDPs unique image of neutrality and
  distinctive strengths
• Avoiding multiplicity of objectives
• Convergence-schemes, agencies, area
• Partnership for long term sustainability taking
  PRIs, Civil Society on Board
• Approaching development holistically
• Inter-sectoral linkages among programmes
• Exit and replication strategies
• Disseminating Lessons

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V. Future Directions

• Civil Services Renewal
• Information Technology for Development
• Partnering the private sector

• Strengthening decentralization
• Accelerated development of 20 or 30 least
  developed districts on a pilot basis
• Human Development
• Technology for Poverty Eradication
• Vulnerability reduction at community level,
  including disaster reduction