Sur, Mona2012-08-132012-08-132006-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9606Monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the poverty impact of agricultural water investments may allow some conclusions about returns on different types of investments and their contributions to poverty reduction. This paper recommends the following: involve beneficiaries early in the M&E process -- broad consultations and early involvement of users in the design and implementation of the M&E system will do much to build consensus and ownership; use beneficiary self-assessments and other participatory approaches so that assessments can be made midcourse -- there may be a long time lag in realizing a reduction in poverty from agricultural water-related projects, and the poverty impact often cannot be evaluated until well after a project ends; keep the number of indicators collected within manageable proportions; and ensure that a good baseline survey is undertaken -- without a proper baseline, it is difficult to monitor progress and evaluate the impacts of investments.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHBASELINE SURVEYSBENEFICIARY GROUPSCHILD MORTALITYCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONTROL GROUPSCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCROP YIELDSDATA COLLECTIONDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYECONOMETRIC ANALYSISEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXTREME POVERTYFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARMERSFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGIMPACT EVALUATIONIMPACT INDICATORSIMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORTINCOMEINDICATORS OF POVERTYINFORMATION SYSTEMINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLESINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSIRRIGATIONLANDHOLDING SIZELANDLESS PEOPLELIFE EXPECTANCYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVING STANDARDSM&AMPE SYSTEMSMALNUTRITIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMONITORING DATANATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNONEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSOUTCOME INDICATORSPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY METHODSPARTICIPATORY PROJECTSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY IMPACTSPOVERTY M&AMPEPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRACTITIONERSPROGRESSPROJECT BENEFICIARIESPROJECT IMPACTSPROPENSITY SCORE MATCHINGQUALITATIVE DATAQUALITATIVE INFORMATIONQUALITATIVE METHODSQUALITY OF SERVICESREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYRESOURCE REQUIREMENTSRURALRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSTATE GOVERNMENTSSUBSISTENCETARGETINGWAGESWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWELFARE MEASURESWELLBEINGWorld Bank10.1596/9606