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Perspectives on Development: Results of a Ranking Exercise in Eastern Africa John McPeak, Syracuse University PARIMA project of the GL-CRSP. Study Area. Introduction. Questions motivating the study What has been the development experience to date?
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Perspectives on Development: Results of a Ranking Exercise in Eastern AfricaJohn McPeak, Syracuse UniversityPARIMA project of the GL-CRSP
Introduction • Questions motivating the study • What has been the development experience to date? • What kinds of interventions are most highly desired by people living in these communities for the future? • To what extent are these desires shared by individuals within these communities?
Development survey • Survey of 249 people in six communities in Kenya, 147 people in five communities in Ethiopia; 396 people. • Open ended work to develop survey form. • Run in late 2001 in Kenya, 2002 in Ethiopia. • Kenya interviewed multiple individuals per household, Ethiopia only household head. • Had been working with them since 2000. • Text to make clear motivation.
Who did the projects? Recall N’gambo, Finchawa, Sugata Marmar high market access; Kargi, North Horr, Dillo low market access.
How are these past interventions ranked by most helpful to least? Significant difference between community and personal for: Livestock Health, Education (C>P); Alternative Income Generation, Food Aid (P>C); Others NS difference.
Is low rank because no experience or low evaluation of experienced project? Rank by those with experience
Any that caused harm? • Ethiopia • 12% noted something that harmed the community and 8% identified personal harm (fertilizer burned plants, wrong medicine in health centers, restocked animals brought diseases, a few others) • Kenya • 23% identified something that harmed the community and 8% identified personal harm (borehole water poisoned and killed animals, the spread of mesquite plants, loss of grazing land to natural resource management projects or wildlife, a few others).
What about ranking future interventions - overall Education in only one with statistically significant difference, C>P
Overall variation As a general rule, things ranked more highly have less variance about them as measured by the CV.
Conclusions • World Bank ALRMP in Kenya: phase 2 • 38.9 million USD will be spent on natural resources and disaster management • 24.2 million USD will be spent on community driven development • 14.8 million USD will be spent on support to local development (working with other development agencies already active).