ABEL, DAFT & EARLEY, INC.
Agricultural policy analysis and planning : a summary of two recent analyses
This paper summarizes the findings of two studies that reviewed 129 AID-sponsored agricultural policy and planning projects - ranging from 3-week studies to multiyear sector assessments - carried out since 1970 in Africa, Asia, the Near East, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tilney, John S., Jr.; Riordan, James T. · 1986
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Abstract
Impact analysis revealed that in a narrow sense the projects were successful in achieving their purposes, which were primarily aimed at building capacity and training host country personnel. Less common were projects that yielded policy/program changes or that increased the awareness of decisionmakers about the importance of policy analysis and reform. A three-pronged diagnostic approach for future project designs is recommended that includes: (1) a consideration of the agricultural sector and the policies that constrain sector development; (2) a review of what key decisionmakers want and need; and (3) an examination of the capacity of host country governments to engage in policy analysis and planning. (Author abstract, modified)
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