Lesson Learned

Large complex projects are a challenge to manage, implement and measure. In large, multi-faceted projects, it is important to define clearly the program’s intended causal pathway to growth for two reasons: to ensure that the program design is tailored adequately to local requirements and to ensure that the impact evaluation can measure the appropriate indicators and generate the needed learning.

• Ghana Compact
• Agriculture - Commercial Training
• Agriculture and Irrigation

Large complex projects are a challenge to manage, implement and measure. In large, multi-faceted projects, it is important to define clearly the program’s intended causal pathway to growth for two reasons: to ensure that the program design is tailored adequately to local requirements and to ensure that the impact evaluation can measure the appropriate indicators and generate the needed learning. Ghana’s Agriculture Project and its six separate and complex activities made this a challenge for both implementers and evaluators. Implementation challenges may have diverted attention away from ensuring the impact evaluation was fully aligned with the content of the FBO training and customized per region to the priority crops and value chains.