Participatory Impact Assessment - Capacity4Dev
Participatory Impact Assessment - Capacity4Dev
Participatory Impact Assessment - Capacity4Dev
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The following example is from an impact assessment of a drought mitigation de-stocking intervention<br />
which was carried out in a pastoralist region of Ethiopia. The results are derived from the systematic<br />
application of a scoring exercise, and show the utilization of income derived from the de-stocking<br />
across 114 participating households.<br />
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FIGURE4.7:SCORINGINCOMEUTILIZATION<br />
<br />
Proportion (%) use of income derived from a commercial de-stocking (n=114)<br />
Mean proportion (%) of expenditure (95% confidence interval)<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
27.7<br />
11.7<br />
8.8<br />
1.9<br />
3.2<br />
6.6<br />
18.8<br />
5.3<br />
6<br />
5.3<br />
4.3<br />
0<br />
buy food<br />
for<br />
people<br />
transport<br />
livestock<br />
buy<br />
human<br />
medicine<br />
pay off<br />
debts<br />
support<br />
relatives<br />
savings<br />
Type of expenditure<br />
buy<br />
animal<br />
feed<br />
school<br />
expenses<br />
buy<br />
veterinary<br />
care<br />
buy<br />
clothes<br />
others<br />
<br />
Source: Abebe et al 2008<br />
<br />
The results show that a considerable portion of the income was spent on human and animal food, and<br />
transporting livestock. Effectively the income earned from this de-stocking intervention allowed people to<br />
purchase animal feed and transport some of their remaining livestock to better grazing areas. The income<br />
also allowed them to purchase food for human consumption offsetting the food from livestock production<br />
that would have been lost during the drought. Expenditures on feed and livestock transport helped preserve<br />
people’s livestock asset base, protecting their livelihoods and helping them recover from the drought.<br />
Remembertofieldtestyourmethodswithcommunitymembersbeforetheassessment–most<br />
methodslookeasyonpaperbutrequirefinetuningonceyoustarttousetheminthefield.<br />
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