Evaluations should ask how benefits were distributed, where appropriate. MCC’s standard evaluation questions do not currently include a question about how benefits were distributed among beneficiaries. However, without that evaluation question, there may be a lack of understanding of the real impacts of the project. In Moldova, that question was included and as a result, we learned that larger farms accounted for most of the area irrigated in the improved systems and smaller farms did not benefit as much as expected. This is useful information to take into account in the design of future projects.
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