Identify any examples of substantial changes in approach former members of CAVAC and/or programming and ascertain how these changes were implementing team, ACIAR managed. Actual direct intervention cash costs (AUD/year) Number of participating farm households (HH/year) and $/HH for the different schemes. Evaluation question / sub-question Evidence required Data collection method & source Analytical approach Inclusivity: Did CAVAC take adequate account of the needs of women, people with disabilities and the poor? Were/are CAVAC Phase 1 & 2 gender strategies adequate, Did employ an effective strategy Document review: CAVAC gender Describe CAVAC’s approach implemented and reported against? for engaging women and enabling them strategies & studies, sex disaggregated to ensuring gender equality. How did monitor the impact of, and involvement in, its to contribute fully to increased CAVAC M&E data, CAVAC work plans activities on/ by Cambodian women and important sub-groups Test for monitoring against agricultural productivity? (W1) of Cambodian women? and progress reports. gender outcomes and What if any sex disaggregated data did collect? Was Key informant interviews: DFAT post, adaptation of the approach program data disaggregated by other important demographic DFAT gender adviser, CAVAC if necessary. variables? (E.g. ethnicity, socio-economic characteristics such as implementing team, migration affects, marital status, disability, age and/ or other). Are there any examples of how CAVAC has altered its approach Focus group meeting: local women in order to improve outcomes for women and/or sub-groups of women? What are female interviewees’ most pressing needs for action, according to them? Has CAVAC responded to these needs? Labour productivity is a key factor in improving household income - did it change that particularly for women What if any poverty analysis did CAVAC undertake in each Noting that CAVAC did generally not Document review: poverty analysis, Describe CAVAC’s approach activity location? Were CAVAC activities explicitly targeted to the work directly with smallholder farming project design, work plans and progress to the poor. poor? households how did it ensure that report. How did CAVAC monitor the impact of its activities on the end Test for monitoring of services it supported were benefiting user / poor? Key informant interviews: DFAT post, impact on the poor. the poor? (P1) CAVAC implementing team, CAVAC supported business,
Identify any examples of substantial changes in approach and/or programming and ascertain how these changes were managed. Actual direct intervention cash costs (AUD/year) Number of participating farm households (HH/year) and $/HH for the different schemes. former members of CAVAC implementing team, ACIAR Evaluation question / sub-question Evidence required Data collection method & source Analytical approach Inclusivity: Did CAVAC take adequate account of the needs of women, people with disabilities and the poor? Did employ an effective strategy for engaging women and enabling them to contribute fully to increased agricultural productivity? (W1) Were/are CAVAC Phase 1 & 2 gender strategies adequate, implemented and reported against? How did monitor the impact of, and involvement in, its activities on/ by Cambodian women and important sub-groups of Cambodian women? What if any sex disaggregated data did collect? Was program data disaggregated by other important demographic variables? (E.g. ethnicity, socio-economic characteristics such as migration affects, marital status, disability, age and/ or other). Are there any examples of how CAVAC has altered its approach in order to improve outcomes for women and/or sub-groups of women? What are female interviewees’ most pressing needs for action, according to them? Has CAVAC responded to these needs? Labour productivity is a key factor in improving household income - did it change that particularly for women Document review: CAVAC gender strategies & studies, sex disaggregated CAVAC M&E data, CAVAC work plans and progress reports. Key informant interviews: DFAT post, DFAT gender adviser, CAVAC implementing team, Focus group meeting: local women Describe CAVAC’s approach to ensuring gender equality. Test for monitoring against gender outcomes and adaptation of the approach if necessary. Noting that CAVAC did generally not work directly with smallholder farming households how did it ensure that services it supported were benefiting the poor? (P1) What if any poverty analysis did CAVAC undertake in each activity location? Were CAVAC activities explicitly targeted to the poor? How did CAVAC monitor the impact of its activities on the end user / poor? Document review: poverty analysis, project design, work plans and progress report. Key informant interviews: DFAT post, CAVAC implementing team, CAVAC supported business, Describe CAVAC’s approach to the poor. Test for monitoring of impact on the poor.
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