India - Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project
Gonzalez Flavell,Sara
Ratings for the Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project for India were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory; the risk to development outcome was low or negligible; the Bank performance was satisfactory; and the Borrower performance was satisfactory. Some lessons learned included: Factors such as strong political commitment and continuity of project leadership are essential for the success of a project. Promotion of trust and group solidarity based on a common purpose is an important element for building inclusive community institutions. A poverty reduction project should focus more on building the capacity of rural communities rather than the capacity of the government. Capacity building should be given very high priority. Implementation of sub projects should start only after sufficient capacity building is achieved. Any attempt to fast track without proper foundation can result in manipulation and diluting project objectives. The project confirms the lesson learned from other livelihood programs across the region that promotion of trust and group solidarity based on a common purpose is an important initial element of building inclusive community institutions. The project experience shows that social mobilization and capacity building is process oriented, and therefore, takes time to start-up but produce good results when matured. It implies that project planning should emphasize social mobilization as early in the project cycle as possible.
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