PO6414: Independent Evaluation of Wealth Creation Development of Rural Markets in Zambia

This document describes a summary of independent evaluations of a program designed to alleviate rural poverty in Zambia by integrating smallholder farmers into improved agricultural markets. The program, supported by DFID and Sweden, employed the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach with the goal of sustainable market transformations. Evaluations utilized a variety of methods, including theory-based approaches, questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups, to assess the program's relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. Results showed moderate impact with varying effectiveness across interventions, highlighting the importance of private sector investment and collaboration. Challenges included limited generalizability, lack of counterfactuals, and timing issues. Recommendations for future initiatives emphasized the need for comprehensive data collection, gender-targeted strategies, and flexibility in implementation. Overall, the program was moderately effective in creating systemic market changes, but further investment and time may be required to fully realize its potential. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Theory-based methods
• Theory-based methods: Contribution analysis
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: April 2017

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes