Third-party assessments of growth diagnoses and constraints to growth should serve not as the only reliable evidence for investments, but rather as an additional layer of evidence and data source. The project identification and site selection were informed by a third-party donor, but it failed to fit into MCC’s overall infrastructure project logic and assumptions. In new and future joint efforts with other international donors, MCC now ensures that the process respect our guidelines and principles – from the project identification to the implementation, to result measurements.
Lesson Learned