FARM POLICY STUDY

EVALUATION IS BASED ON REVIEWS OF PROJECT DOCUMENTS/OUTPUTS. BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN HIRING AN ECONOMIC ANALYST AND DELAYS LISTED BELOW, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WAS REVISED 3/79. STATUS OF OUTPUTS IS AS FOLLOWS: (1) DUE IN PART TO POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING LOCAL DATA ENTRY/RELATED SERVICES, THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FARM SURVEY WAS DELAYED. LATTER SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED BY A CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED WITH SAN AUDRES UNIVERSITY. ONLY 1,600 OF TARGETED 2,800 FARMERS WERE INTERVIEWED DUE IN PART TO FAULTY PRE-CENSUS LISTING OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS; STRATA WILL BE REDESIGNED FOR ANALYSIS PURPOSES. (2) SOUTHERN VALLEYS SURVEY DATA WAS ONLY PARTIALLY ANALYZED. (3) IMPACT ANALYSES OF 115 FARMERS RECEIVING CREDIT FROM THE BOLIVIAN AGRICULTURAL BANK WERE CARRIED OUT FOR 76-77 AND 77-79 (INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF 115 NON-RECIPIENTS OF CREDIT), BUT NOT FOR 77-78 DUE TO PREOCCUPATION OF THE STATISTICS DIVISION (SD) OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND CAMPESINO AFFAIRS (MACA) WITH THE FARM SURVEY. AN INTERIM REPORT WILL BE READY 10/79. FOR PURPOSES OF ADEQUATE COMPARISON, SURVEYS WILL BE HELD EVERY 2 YEARS. BECAUSE OF CONTRACT DELAYS, WORK ON RURAL FINANCIAL MARKET ANALYSIS WILL LAST UNTIL 9/81. (4) THE NATIONAL CROP TECHNOLOGY SURVEY (FOR WHICH IT WAS DECIDED TO INTERVIEW 450 AND NOT, AS PLANNED, 2,800 FARMERS), IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE SD WITH MINIMAL OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE. (5) DUE TO FUNDING DELAYS, TRADITIONAL PRACTICES SURVEY WAS DELAYED. FIELD WORK WILL BEGIN IN THE ALTIPLANO AND VALLEYS 4/79 AND IN THE LOWLANDS 4/80. THE MANUAL WILL BE READY 9/81. (6) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RURAL HOUSEHOLD STUDY WAS DELAYED BY DIFFICULTY OF FINDING AN APPROPRIATE GOB AGENCY. STUDY WILL NOW BE CARRIED OUT BY THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING. FIELD WORK WILL BEGIN 2/80. (7) DATA INTEGRATION (TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY SD) WILL BEGIN ON SCHEDULE, BUT TERMINATION DATE WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALLOW COMPLETION OF OTHER STUDIES. EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN ON TARGET DESPITE INCREASES/DECREASES IN COMPONENT COSTS.