PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT AND PROJECT EVALUATION FOR 698-416.02 ROAP DEVELOPMENT PLANNING STUDY SUPPORT TO A.V.V.

THE EVALUATION, A FINAL ONE FOR THE PROJECT, COVERS THE PERIOD 4/77 TO 2/78 AND IS BASED ON A REVIEW OF PROJECT AND CONTROLLER FILES AND INTERVIEWS WITH PROJECT PERSONNEL. THREE AID-FUNDED HOST COUNTRY CONTRACTS PROVIDED 14 MAN-MONTHS OF EXPERTS AS PART OF AN ONGOING, DONOR-FUNDED 64 MAN-MONTHS STUDY MISSION KNOWN AS THE BEI-AGRER MISSION (BAM). THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BAM IS TO PREPARE A COHERENT FIVE-YEAR (1978-82) PROGRAM OF STUDIES AND INVESTMENTS WHICH GOUV CAN PRESENT TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY FOR FUNDING. AID FUNDS WERE SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT STUDYING SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS RELATED TO RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THEIR AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND GRAIN MARKETING SYSTEMS, THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THE ORGANIZATION OF REPAIR FACILITIES, AND THE TRAINING OF AVV PERSONNEL. THE PROJECT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN TERMS OF OUTPUTS, LESSONS LEARNED, ETC (OR THE LACK THEREOF) WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY EVALUATED DUE TO LACK OF COMPLETE PROJECT DOCUMENTATION AND OF FIRST HAND INTERVIEWS WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCES, AND THE PASSAGE OF THREE YEARS SINCE AID REPORTS WERE MADE PART OF THE ONGOING STUDY. THE PRESENT EVALUATOR'S BEST JUDGEMENT, BASED ON A FEW SHORT PARAGRAPHS IN THE BAM REPORT WHICH DREW UPON NARRATIVE PREPARED BY THE AID-FUNDED CONTRACTORS, IS THAT THESE CONTRACTORS MADE A MODERATELY USEFUL CONTRIBUTION IN THE PREPARATION OF THE BAM REPORT WHICH ITSELF HAS BEEN A USEFUL PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR THE AVV AND THE DONOR COMMUNITY. FOR REASONS NOT ASCERTAINABLE, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY AID-FUNDED CONTRACTORS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BAM'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. A TOTAL OF $106,237.16 WAS EXPENDED. THE UNLIQUIDATED BALANCE OF $3,762.84 IS TO BE DEOBLIGATED BY 6/30/80. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO VERIFY THAT ALL BILLS AND COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN PAID. EVALUATION IS PREFACED BY A PES FACESHEET.