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Purpose and Method
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EXECUTIVE SUMIARY
The purpose of this evaluation is threefold:
to assess the ability of CRS and its counterpart agencies
to manage the Food for Work Program in India;
to assess the development thrust of the program,
particularly in project selection, beneficiary selection
and recipient selection; and
* to evaluate the 3-year F W Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation (PM&E) Grant, which ends on September 30, 1987.
The team's overall approach to this evaluation was a collaborative
approach. The intention was to ensure thot CRS and its counterparts
felt a sense of participation in and ownership of the evaluation
recommendations.
A major aspect of this approach was the briefing of CRS zonal
office staff and consignees at the rtart of each visit, and a
debriefing at the conclusion of each visit. Following the team's
field investigation, a 1-day seminar was held for 12 representatives
of CRS headquarters and zonal offices, the purpose of which was to
arrive at a common understanding of FFW program issues, and at
appropriate measures to address them.
Food for Work Program in India
The 1987 FFW program budget is $7.3 million, representing 33% of
the CRS Title 11 assistance budget.
A total of 2189 projects were implemented in 1986 with the
assistance of CRS FFW commodities. The majority of these projects
were low-cost houses, wells and land clearing and leveling.
F ind inr s
The CRS FFW Program in India is a very functional program.
Over the last 2 years in particular, CRS has been striving fur
greater development impact in the program; it has been emphasizing
integrated community development; and there has been much more
dialogue between CRS and counterparts regarding development
objectives. This CRS policy shift away from supporting "individual"
projects and towards supporting projects which are intended to create
.community" assets is resulting in the application of stronger, more
community- based criteria for the selection of FFW beneficiaries and
recipients.