NDA: Impact Evaluation Study
STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:
Van der Bergh, GM (Mr Gray),
Motala, SY (Ms Shirin)OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Booysen, AS (Ms Denise), Mpungose, A (Mr Aubrey),
Ngandu, NSC (Mr Stewart), Govender, S (Ms Subashini), Jeeva, ZI (Ms Zaakirah), Masvaure, S (Dr Steven)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: ()
Abstract
The National Development Agency (NDA) has committed to conducting an impact assessment of its funded development projects on poverty alleviation to assess if the projects supported over the period 2008 to 2012 have brought about intended benefits and the overall impact on the participants and beneficiary households. The NDA seeks to measure if the funded projects could have been better designed to achieve the intended outcomes, and whether the resources were spent efficiently.
The impact assessment is intended to assess the cost effectiveness and efficiencies of using this model in supporting Civil Society Organisations (CSO???s) developmental programmes for poverty alleviation. The impact evaluation will be used to inform national policy on supporting CSO???s development programmes and lobby the private sector to invest more on the development of community based developmental efforts.
The overarching aim of the NDA Impact Assessment Study is to provide empirical evidence of the impact that can be attributed to the support these development projects have received from the NDA over a five year period between 2008 and 2012.
The impact assessment aims to measure short and long term impact of these projects on:
??? Individual organizations funded by the NDA in terms of their growth and sustainability;
??? Improved CSOs management processes used to run the organization;
??? Increased sources of funding, income and savings levels for the organization;
??? Improved quality of services offered by the organizations; and
??? Improved quality of life of beneficiaries and households of members of the organization.
