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Participatory Assessment of Development http://www.padev.nl SANDEMA WORKSHOP REPORT by Ton Dietz PADev Working Paper No. W.2009.2 Participatory Assessment of Development SANDEMA WORKSHOP REPORT by Ton Dietz PADev Working Paper No. W.2009.2 March 2009 This working paper is part of series of papers reporting on a participatory and holistic evaluation of development initiatives in Northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, organised in the framework of the ‘Participatory Assessment of Development’ project. In this project the following organization are involved: the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the University for Development Studies (UDS, Ghana), Expertise pour le Développement du Sahel (EDS, Burkina Faso), ICCO, Woord en Daad, Prisma, the African Studies Centre (ASC) and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). The workshop in Sandema took place from 15 to 17 September 2008. The methodology is described in detail in the PADev Guidebook by Dietz et al (2011). The guidebook and more information about this project is available at http://www.padev.nl . Author’s contact: [email protected] Team members: Fred Zaal, Francis Obeng, Mamudu Akudugu (Mamoud), Frederick Bebelleh, Margaret Akuribah, Martha Lahai, Agnieszka Kazimierczuk, Ton Dietz, Kees van der Geest, Wouter Rijneveld, Dieneke de Groot, Richard Yeboah Nartey, Saa Dittoh, David Millar, Adama Belemviré and Ziba (observers from Burkina Faso). Support by PAS-SANDEMA: Emmanuel Akiskame. Reference to this report: Dietz, T. (2009). Participatory Assessment of Development: Sandema Workshop Report, PADev Working Paper W.2009.2. Amsterdam: AISSR. Cover photograph by Fred Zaal University of Amsterdam University for Development Expertise pour le Développement c/o Prof. Dr. Ton Dietz Studies du Sahel Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130 c/o Dr. Francis Obeng c/o Adama Belemvire 1018VZ Amsterdam P.O. Box 1350 Tamale BP 5385 Ouagadougou The Netherlands Ghana Burkina Faso [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ICCO Woord & Daad Prisma c/o Dieneke de Groot c/o Wouter Rijneveld c/o Henk Jochemsen Postbus 8190 Postbus 560 Randhoeve 227 A 3503 RD Utrecht 4200 AN Gorinchem 3995 GA Houten The Netherlands The Netherlands The Netherlands [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Royal Tropical Institute African Studies Centre c/o Fred Zaal c/o Prof. Dr. Ton Dietz Mauritskade 63 PO Box 9555 1092 AD Amsterdam 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands The Netherlands [email protected] [email protected] Table of contents List of Tables........................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Abstract ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction: the workshop in Sandema.................................................................................................. 7 Part 1: Perceptions about local history; the ‘time line’ of important events ......................................... 10 Part 2: Trends in capabilities: perceptions about change ...................................................................... 15 Part 3: Integrated assessment (perceptions) of wealth and poverty....................................................... 27 Part 4/5: List of initiatives and the assessment of their impact ............................................................. 31 Part 6/7: The impact of initiatives on capabilities: summary findings.................................................. 35 Part 8: The best and worst initiatives: description................................................................................. 38 Part 9: Best and worst initiatives: analysis............................................................................................ 42 Part 10: The impact of the best initiatives on wealth categories: description ....................................... 47 Part 11: The impact of the best initiatives on wealth categories: analysis ............................................ 62 Part 12: Detailed analysis of impact assessment by agency and sector................................................. 66 Part 13: Detailed analysis of impact on capabilities.............................................................................. 91 Appendix 1: The participants in the workshop in Sandema................................................................ 100 Appendix 2: The history of the Presbyterian Agricultural Station in Sandema .................................. 102 Appendix 3: Detailed tables of sector x agency x impact quality judgement ..................................... 104 3 List of Tables Table 2.1: Perceptions about changes in natural capital (20-30 years) ................................................. 15 Table 2.2: Perceptions about changes in physical capital (20-30 years)............................................... 17 Table 2.3: Perceptions about changes in human capital (20-30 years).................................................. 18 Table 2.4: Perceptions about changes in economic capital (20-30 years)............................................. 21 Table 2.5: Perceptions about changes in social and political capital (20-30 years) .............................. 23 Table 2.6: Perceptions about changes in cultural capital (20-30 years) ................................................ 25 Table 3.1: characteristics of five wealth categories in Sandema........................................................... 27 Table 4.1: Intervention agencies and sectors in Sandema..................................................................... 31 Table 4.2: Sandema: intervening agencies and judgement about their impact...................................... 32 Table 4.3 Sandema: assessment of impact per sector............................................................................ 33 Table 6.1 Sandema: Agencies, and their impact on capabilities, .......................................................... 35 Table 6.2 Sandema: Impact on capabilities, scores per sector .............................................................. 36 Table 8.1: Best initiatives, Sandema ..................................................................................................... 38 Table 8.2: Worst initiatives, Sandema................................................................................................... 40 Table 9.1: best and worst initiatives...................................................................................................... 42 Table 10.1: impact of the best initiatives on wealth categories............................................................. 47 Table 11.1: Agencies and relative perceived impact on wealth categories ........................................... 62 Table 11.2. Impact on wealth categories (infrastructure, energy and water) ........................................ 63 Table 11.3. Impact on wealth categories (agriculture, livestock, natural environment and credit)....... 64 Table 11.4. Impact on wealth categories (education, health and social development) ......................... 64 Table 11.5 Initiatives with the highest perceived impact among the poor and very poor..................... 65 Table 12.1: Intervention agencies and sectors in Sandema, according to the ‘officials’....................... 67 Table 12.2: Sandema: intervening agencies and officials’ judgement about their impact. ................... 67 Table 12.3 Officials’ assessment of impact per sector.......................................................................... 69 Table 12.4 Initiatives in Kandema-Nyansa-Balansa per agency, per sector. ........................................ 71 Table 12.5 Kandema-Nyansa-Balansa: intervening agencies and people’s judgement about impact... 72 Table 12.6 Kandema-Nyansa-Balansa: judgement of impact per sector............................................... 73 Table 12.7 Chuchiliga area: number of initiatives per type of agency and sector................................. 76 Table 12.8 Chuchiliga area: impact scores per type of agency ............................................................. 76 Table 12.9: Chuchiliga area: impact scores per sector.......................................................................... 77 Table 12.10: Bilinsa area: number of initiatives per type of agency and sector.................................... 80 Table 12.11: Bilinsa area: impact scores per type of agency ................................................................ 81 Table 12.12: Bilinsa area: impact scores per sector .............................................................................. 82 Table 12.13: Initiatives in Farinsa per agency, per sector..................................................................... 85 Table 12.14: Farinsa: intervening agencies and people’s judgement about impact. ............................. 85 Table 12.15: Farinsa: judgement of impact per sector .......................................................................... 86 Table 12.16: Initiatives in Chansa per agency, per sector..................................................................... 88 Table 12.17: Chansa: intervening agencies and people’s judgement about impact. ............................. 88 Table 12.18: Chansa: judgement of impact per sector .........................................................................
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