| Studies of the adoption of some of the technologies tested and promoted by the Mashreq / Maghreb project have shown high rates of adoption by the participating communities as well other users outside these communities, with adoption rates ranging from 20 to 46% for most technologies. Analysis of the economic returns to in investing in these technologies showed that internal rates of return exceeded 70% for all technologies in most countries. |
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The project's community approach and some of its technology options have been extended to other projects, including IFAD loan projects in Pakistan (Barani Village Development Project) and in Sudan (North Kurdofan).
Two external reviews have evaluated the achievements of the Mashreq / Maghreb project : Nasri Haddad and Ali El Tom (2002) and Sanders and Serghini (2003). Although, the reviewers commended the achievements of the programme, both reviews recommended that the findings of the project be upscaled over a wider geographic area in order to institutionalize the approaches and methodologies and accelerate the diffusion of the TIPOs. |
