Effects of Inland Valley Rice Development Project on Household Poverty

This book provides systematic introduction of assessing the impact and effects of agricultural poverty intervention projects on household poverty indicators such as nutrition, health and education of children of school-going age. This book provides in-depth knowledge and provides information necessary for both undergraduate and graduate studies in monitoring and evaluation of poverty intervention projects. The target groups are professionals, consultants, academics, and BSc and M.Sc/M.Phil students whose background may be Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Economics especially Monitoring and Evaluation. Poverty reduction in rural areas of the least developed countries is now the principal objective of the key multilateral finance and development organizations. Therefore, there will be the need for experts in assessing the impact of poverty intervention projects in rural communities. Finally and more importantly, the book describes the methodology that can ensure effect results of impact assessment of poverty intervention projects. It also provides recommendations that could be implemented so that the negative externalities would not outweigh and erode the benefits.