Learning and information management and sharing processes are essential, and the recognition of this provides the basis for this Sourcebook and its attempt to: Improve monitoring and learning within projects and programs and between programs, projects, sectors, and regions.
Identify and share widely the knowledge of what works and what does not in agricultural development projects and programs.
Support the buildup of knowledge to help practitioners address specific needs, situations, and local variability.
Investments with complex and multiple goals make this process more difficult, and this is a fact relevant to the increased focus on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. Combining impact assessment and ongoing learning processes may help to make monitoring and evaluation activities more efficient and relevant to program needs. The preparation of this Sourcebook has identified ongoing evaluation and impact monitoring as a serious weakness, that must be corrected to guide successful scaling up of projects. Box 3. Checklist of readiness for scaling-up What is known about impact? - Level of social, environmental, or economic impact.
- Cost of delivery of benefits.
- Nature of beneficiaries.
- Time scale.
What is known about success factors? - Organizational process and institutional factors.
- Cultural, environmental, and social factors.
- Policy and sectoral environment.
- Characteristics of beneficiaries.
What is the “state of practice”? - Innovation – minimal objective evidence.
- Good practice – clear evidence from some settings.
- Policy principle – proven in multiple settings.
What are the scaling options? - Internal replication; program expansion.
- Catalyzing and supporting others; joint ventures.
- Capacity building; partnerships; replication by others.
- Diffuse concepts and models; policy advocacy.
Source: World Bank 2003a |
References Cited Millennium Development Goals Website: www.developmentgoals.org World Bank. 2003. Reaching the Rural Poor: A Renewed Strategy for Rural Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. World Bank. 2003a. “Scaling-Up Issues and Options: Supporting the World Bank Rural Development Strategy on Implementation of Good Practice and Innovation.” World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  
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