UPNRM Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles Criteria

Ratings

Negative

0 (Status Quo)

1 (low level of +ve impact)

2 (moderate level of +ve impact)

3 (High level of +ve Impact)

I. Pro-poor

Benefits may be measured in terms of:
1. Improves short and long-term employment opportunities.
2. Reduces indebtedness
3. Improves access to services, credit, processing and marketing support
4. Improves access to information on rights and entitlements, and on government schemes and programmes

Implementation of the project is likely to be against the interest of the poor

Implementation of the project is not likely to have any impact on the poor population in the project area.

Project benefits < 20% of poor among target households

Project benefits between 20-50% of poor among target households

Project benefits more than 50% of poor among target households

II. Ensuring Sustainability

Implementation of the project is likely to deplete the resource base and lead to Environmental Degradation

Project does not have any appreciable impact on the local natural resource base

Project includes mitigation measures for avoiding environmental degradation

Project includes measures that conserve / protect the natural resource base of the project area

Project includes measures for enhancing the natural resource base of the project area and has positive externalities

III. Community participation

The project discourages community participation

Only one way flow of information from IA to members of the local community on the project activities.
The project has no provision for community participation.

Participation of people is through the process of consultations where they define both problems and solutions.

Community participates in planning and implementation of project interventions through appropriate institutional structures and systems

Community is capable of project management and sustainability after withdrawal of project.

IV. Good Governance

The project implementation is likely to lead to conflicts of interest within village/ project households.

The project does not have any measures for strengthening the existing governance system.

Project facilitates equitable access to resources.

Project includes / strengthens mechanism for decentralized decision making, control over funds and activities and improved interface with government and other private service providers

Project includes / strengthens measures and mechanisms that encourage transparency in operations and  accountability to the stakeholders

Negative

0 (Status Quo)

1 (low level of +ve impact)

2 (moderate level of +ve impact)

3 (High level of +ve Impact)

V. Integrated and need-based approach

The project  objectives are detrimental to the interests of the local community

The project takes a sectoral approach with a fixed menu of activities to be undertaken.

The project provides for multi-sectoral interventions for improving livelihoods / agro-ecosystem resilience / productivity / environmental services based on identified needs, issues, constraints and opportunities.

The project provides options for resource management, income generation and improving quality of life (health and nutrition / drinking water and sanitation/ education etc.) taking into consideration the natural resources.

The project includes measures whereby the local community can link up and access funds from other schemes (government, non government and financial institutions) for post project development.