RE: Evaluation in the Agriculture sector: what do we know about countries’ capacities? | Eval Forward

My biggest concern for all host government activities such as managing evaluations is "is there sufficient financial resources to do an effective job or if not will tasked be highly compromised by officers attempting to complete evaluation based on personal expectations rather than solid fact". The concern is based on most host governments FAO works with are what I refer to as financially suppressed economics where so much of individual wages or labor goes to meet basic subsistence needs that there is not sufficient discretionary funds to form a viable tax based to support government services such as evaluations. This then results in a lot of informal income activities interfering with effective governance. Governments are for all practical purposes financially stalled.  Please review the webpages:

https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/financially-suppress…

https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/financially-stalled-…

https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/impact-of-financiall…

https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/informal-income-oppo…