Terminal Evaluation of Government of Jharkhand - UNDP Project: State Level Livelihood Strategies Final Report December 2012 UNDP Confidential Terminal Evaluation of 312312 MCB ISA AA 01- GovernmentP:\Noida\DMC\Projects\312312-UNDP of Jharkhand livelihood program- review\Report\Final\Final Report doc UNDP Project: State Level01 December 2012 Livelihood Strategies Final Report December 2012 UNDP Confidential 73, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Mott MacDonald, A20, Sector 2, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India T +91 (0)12 0254 3582 F +91 (0)12 0254 3562 W www.mottmac.com Terminal Evaluation of Government of Jharkhand - UNDP Project: State Level Livelihood Strategies Confidential Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description 00 08/11/2012 Arnab Datta Nabaneeta Rudra Shoma Majumdar Draft Report Ankit Amartya Moumita Biswas 01 15/11/2012 Nabaneeta Shoma Majumdar Shoma Majumdar Draft Report-revised Rudra 02 03/12/2012 Nabaneeta Shoma Majumdar Shoma Majumdar Final Report-V1 Rudra This document is issued for the party which commissioned it We accept no responsibility for the consequences of this and for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned document being relied upon by any other party, or being used project only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission which used for any other purpose. is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties This document contains confidential information and proprietary intellectual property. It should not be shown to other parties without consent from us and from the party which commissioned it. Mott MacDonald, A20, Sector 2, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India T +91 (0)12 0254 3582 F +91 (0)12 0254 3562 W www.mottmac.com Terminal Evaluation of Government of Jharkhand - UNDP Project: State Level Livelihood Strategies Confidential Content Chapter Title Page Executive Summary i 1. Introduction to UNDP’s Poverty Reduction Programme 1 1.1 UNDP’s Poverty Reduction programme __________________________________________________ 1 1.2 Area Characteristics__________________________________________________________________ 3 2. Terminal Evaluation of the Project: Purpose, Approach & Methodology 7 2.1 Purpose of Evaluation ________________________________________________________________ 7 2.2 Study Objectives & Scope of Work_______________________________________________________ 7 2.3 Methodology________________________________________________________________________ 8 3. Evaluation of the Project 11 3.1 Appropriateness of the project’s concept and design _______________________________________ 16 3.2 Quantity and quality of project inputs ____________________________________________________ 18 3.3 Relevance of the project______________________________________________________________ 18 3.4 Efficiency and adequacy in implementation and management of the project ______________________ 19 3.5 Sustainability ______________________________________________________________________ 20 3.6 Results of the project ________________________________________________________________ 21 3.7 Lessons Learnt_____________________________________________________________________ 29 3.8 Project Progress on Cross Cutting issues ________________________________________________ 30 4. Case Studies 32 4.1 Model Village ______________________________________________________________________ 32 4.2 Goat Rearing ______________________________________________________________________ 32 4.3 Skill Up gradation ___________________________________________________________________ 33 4.4 Dona Patta Making__________________________________________________________________ 33 4.5 Angara Block, District Ranchi, Jharkhand ________________________________________________ 34 4.6 Poly house & Goat Rearing, Ranchi_____________________________________________________ 35 5. Conclusions & Recommendations 37 5.1 Basis of Interpretations ______________________________________________________________ 37 5.2 Conclusion ________________________________________________________________________ 37 5.3 Recommendations __________________________________________________________________ 39 Appendices 43 Appendix A. Project Implementation & Accomplishments ______________________________________________ 44 A.1. JSLPS Project Implementation Structure_________________________________________________ 44 A.2. Funds utilisation by JSLPS under UNDP project___________________________________________ 45 A.3. Physical Performance of the Project ____________________________________________________ 45 Appendix B. Respondent’s Profile & Perceived Impact ________________________________________________ 52 B.1. Demographic Profile of the Respondents ________________________________________________ 52 B.2. Socio Economic Profile of the Farmers __________________________________________________ 57 Appendix C. Study Scope of Work ________________________________________________________________ 64 C.1. Study Scope of Work ________________________________________________________________ 64 312312/MCB/ISA/AA/01- 01 December 2012 P:\Noida\DMC\Projects\312312-UNDP livelihood program review\Report\Final\Final Report.doc Terminal Evaluation of Government of Jharkhand - UNDP Project: State Level Livelihood Strategies Confidential Appendix D. Data Collection Tools________________________________________________________________ 67 D.2. Other State Departments of Government of Jharkhand _____________________________________ 69 D.3. Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS)_____________________________________ 70 D.4. NGOs/CBOs associated with the project _________________________________________________ 72 D.5. District/Block Officer of JSLPS involved in project implementation _____________________________ 73 D.6. Panchayat level structure of JSLPS (Village Development Committees) ________________________ 74 D.7. Beneficiaries_______________________________________________________________________ 75 D.8. SHGs ____________________________________________________________________________ 82 D.9. FIG Activities ______________________________________________________________________ 83 D.10. Non beneficiaries ___________________________________________________________________ 84 D.11. FGDs ____________________________________________________________________________ 91 Appendix E. Contact List _______________________________________________________________________ 94 E.1. Professionals and Functionaries _______________________________________________________ 94 E.2. Beneficiaries_______________________________________________________________________ 94 Tables Table 1.1: Scheme Outlays and Expenditure in Jharkhand (INR Crore) __________________________________ 4 Table 1.2: Comparative Poverty Line _____________________________________________________________ 4 Table 2.1: Selection of Project Villages __________________________________________________________ 10 Table 2.2: Number of Beneficiaries contacted in each district _________________________________________ 10 Table 3.1: Activity Wise Project (JSLPS) Evaluation Matrix ___________________________________________ 12 Table 3.2: Comparision of Project Impact from Baseline _____________________________________________ 18 Table 3.3: Outcomes of the Project _____________________________________________________________ 31 Table 5.1: Suggested Model ___________________________________________________________________ 41 Table A.1: Details of Fund Utilisation in Each Year__________________________________________________ 45 Table B.1: Distribution of Farmers by category of the respondent (Data in %)_____________________________ 52 Table B.2: Distribution of beneficiary Farmers by land holding pattern (Data in %) _________________________ 52 Table B.3: Distribution of beneficiaries by Social group the belong (Data in %) ____________________________ 53 Table B.4: Distribution of beneficiaries by Occupation (Data in %)______________________________________ 53 Table B.5: Distribution of beneficiaries by Type of House (Data in %) ___________________________________ 54 Table B.6: Household And farm Assets (Data in %) _________________________________________________ 54 Table B.7: Distribution of HH with type of Cards (Data in %) __________________________________________ 55 Table B.8: Distribution of HH with source of information about Government program (data in %)______________ 56 Table B.9: Distribution of Respondents with membership in different association (Data in %) ________________ 56 Table B.10: Distribution of Respondents with Income compared with Baseline (Data in INR) __________________ 58 Table B.11: Distribution of Respondents with membership in different association (Data in %) ________________ 58 Table B.12: Distribution of HH with status of Loan (data in %) __________________________________________ 58 Table B.13: Distribution of HH with status of Loan (data in %) __________________________________________ 59 Table B.14: Distribution of HH with Purpose of Loan (data in %) _______________________________________ 59 Table B.15: Distribution of Respondents with number of capacity building initiatives received (Data in %)________ 60 Table B.16: Distribution of Respondents with theme of the training/s & workshop attended(Data in %) __________ 60 Table B.17: Distribution of Respondents with number of crops grown each year (Data in %) __________________ 62 Table B.18: Distribution of Respondents with their income before and