1. Tracking Local Development ERG Meeting 12 Februari 2009

2. Setup of the project Preparation Inventory of donor-funded activities Selection of areas in northern Ghana and Southern Burkina Faso Inventory of evaluation practice in selected areas in Ghana

3. Setup of the project Overall design Three rounds of workshops + revisit Three workshops per round Present, past, no interventions Life histories of participants Student projects (1st set ready by March)

4. Results of the project Methods developed so far Useful approach: holistic, participatory Innovations: –All stages: gender and age specific –Wealth classes –Evaluation of interventions per domain and wealth class

5. Results of the project Methods to develop this round Link between present and past interventions: valuation matrix of present and past opinions Link between perceived and actual interventions: documentation and interviews at NGO level

6. Highlights Life histories Langbinsi, Sandema Tô

7. Life histories Total 178 participants Brief ‘survey’ Total 2000 persons information

8. Life histories

12. Langbinsi Time lines Gender, status and age-dependent Broad range of sectors Focus on droughts, diseases, certain crop introductions, changes in chieftencies

13. Langbinsi

14. Trends Generally positive about interventions, but with view of subsequent disadvantages Natural capital –Land: new farming methods and tillage, but fertility becomes a problem –Water: new clean sources and treatmants, but siltation and conflicts over use, drying –Crops: new crops with many advantages, but old crops disappear

15. Langbinsi Trends Physical capital –Roads: new roads provide access, but need maintenance –Buildings: new materials are better but are more expensive

16. Langbinsi Trends Social capital –Family relationships: man and wife now take decisions together, but breakdown of extended families (care function) –Social relationships: better understanding between tribes, religions, but more individualisation and less respect for elders

17. Langbinsi Trends Cultural capital –Religion: more Christianity and Islam, but the rituals are disappearing –Old costly traditions disappear, but old dances and music is disappearing –Rented musical installations avoid people noticing the low number of visitors to a funeral –Clothing: cheaper, more choice, but indecent or ‘foreign’

18. Langbinsi Wealth (but: rich, wealth, influence) Very rich –Women traders, tractors, three meals, good clothing, go to hospital, zinc roof, three days funeral Average –Most people, farmers, share bullock, basic food, new clothing for festivals, mixed illness treatment, start to see sheet roofs, one day funeral

19. Langbinsi Wealth (but: rich, wealth, influence) Very poor –Old women, widows, ill, handicaped, lazy, impotent (no children), crazy. No land or little, hoes, beg food, no smoke from cooking, dirty clothes, herbal medicine, no house to sleep in, no music during funeral.

20. Langbinsi Interventions

21. Langbinsi Interventions

22. Langbinsi Interventions Best interventions

23. Langbinsi Interventions Best interventions

24. Sandema

25. Tô

26. Best projects

27. Tô Worst projects

28. Tô Poverty and benefit