JOINT EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT OF THE ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) MALI COUNTRY STUDY VOLUME 1 DECEMBER 2004 This report can be downloaded at the following website: www.edpevaluation.com The evaluation has been carried out by a consortium composed by DRN, ADE, Baastel, ECO Consulting Group and NCG. Responsibility for the contents and presentation of findings and recommendations rests with the authors. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the offi- cial position of the sponsoring agencies: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA), Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Department of International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland; Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ); Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy; United States Agency for International Development (USAID). JOINT EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT OF THE ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THE WFP MALI COUNTRY STUDY VOLUME I: MAIN REPORT VOLUME II: (on CD Rom) ANNEXES: Aide à la Décision Economique 1 – Work Plan and Country Map (Belgium) 2 – List of People Met 3 – Field findings: Project Fact Sheets 4 – References Groupe-conseil Baastel ltée (Canada) Eco Consulting Group (Germany) Nordic Consulting Group (Denmark) The evaluation has been carried out by a consortium of DRN, ADE, Baastel, ECO and NCG c/o DRN, leading company: DRN srl Via Ippolito Nievo 62 00153 Rome, Italy Tel +39-06-581-6074 Fax +39-06-581-6390 [email protected] Evaluation of WFP Enabling Development Policy DRN, ADE, BAASTEL, ECO and NCG ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared during the months of June and July 2004 by the Mali Country Team: Noumou Ben Diakité, Dienebou, Tounkara, Laurence Whilhem and Anne-Claire Luzot. The Team would like to thank in particular the WFP team in Bamako and in the regions for having organized, in an efficient and transparent manner, all the field visits as well as the meetings with the main WFP partners within the Malian government and with other stakeholders, and for making available all the necessary background documents and data in a timely manner. Mali Country Study Final Report - December 2004 Page i Evaluation of WFP Enabling Development Policy DRN, ADE, BAASTEL, ECO and NCG TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS........................................................................................................................V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................VII INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. VII RELEVANCE OF THE CP AND WFP’S DEVELOPMENT POLICY............................................................................. VII MECHANISMS FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDP IN THE CP................................................... VIII MAIN RESULTS BY TYPE OF ACTIVITY ................................................................................................................ IX SUSTAINABILITY ................................................................................................................................................. X BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 1 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE COUNTRY STUDY ............................................................................................... 1 Basis for country selection ............................................................................................................................ 1 Objectives of the country study evaluation.................................................................................................... 2 Terminology used in this report..................................................................................................................... 2 Activities undertaken ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1 METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................5 1.1 KEY FEATURES OF THE METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................... 5 1.2 DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED AND LIMITATIONS OF THE EXERCISE............................................................ 6 2 WFP INTERVENTIONS IN MALI ..........................................................................7 2.1 THE COUNTRY CONTEXT........................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1 Socioeconomic data ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 State of food security...................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.3 Government and donor priorities, measures and programs addressing poverty and food insecurity...................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 WFP INTERVENTIONS IN MALI ................................................................................................................ 14 2.2.1 Intervention portfolio ................................................................................................................... 14 2.2.2 Country programmes (CPs) and features of current interventions.............................................. 15 3 MAIN FINDINGS..................................................................................................... 21 3.1 RELEVANCE OF THE CP AND OF WFP’S DEVELOPMENT POLICY .............................................................. 21 3.1.1 Consistency of the CP with the principles and objectives of the EDP ......................................... 21 3.1.2 Relevance of the CP to country/local policies and context .......................................................... 22 3.1.3 Complementarity and integration with other WFP operations in Mali ....................................... 23 3.2 MECHANISMS, MEANS AND TOOLS INTRODUCED/STRENGTHENED AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDP WITHIN THE CP................................................................................ 26 3.2.1 Progress (and changes) in partnership........................................................................................ 26 3.2.2 Stakeholders’ participation and ownership ................................................................................. 27 3.2.3 Progress (and changes) in demonstrating results........................................................................ 29 3.2.4 Gender mainstreaming................................................................................................................. 30 3.2.5 HIV/AIDS mainstreaming ............................................................................................................ 32 3.2.6 Resourcing ................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3 MAIN RESULTS OF THE EDP AT THE LOCAL/COUNTRY LEVELS................................................................ 35 3.3.1 Support for basic education ......................................................................................................... 35 3.3.2 Supplementary food and support for community health services................................................. 40 3.3.3 Creation of productive assets....................................................................................................... 42 3.3.4 Disaster prevention and mitigation..............................................................................................53 3.3.5 Efficient use of resources at project level .................................................................................... 54 3.3.6 Consistency of outcomes with EDP objectives............................................................................. 57 3.3.7 Sustainability................................................................................................................................ 57 4 CONCLUSIONS AND ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION....................................59 4.1 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 59 4.2 ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................... 60 Mali Country Study Final Report - December 2004 Page iii Evaluation of WFP Enabling Development Policy DRN, ADE, BAASTEL, ECO and NCG TABLES Table 1: Location of projects visited in Mali............................................................................................4 Table 2: Demographic and socioeconomic indicators............................................................................7