Lessons from Sikkim-India

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

I. Introduction

II. BACKGROUND ON SIKKIM

The Policy Environment

III. THE Project rationale and design

IV. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Project preparations

Training in PRA and gender analysis for government counterparts

The participatory village assessments

PRA sites

Other training activities

Getting it right: re-orientation of the project

Participatory impact monitoring

Next steps

V. LESSONS LEARNED

The entry point

Tools and methods

Gender information

Capacity building

Linkages

Institutionalization

VI. CONCLUSIONS

ANNEXES

Annex 1: Summary Agricultural And Economic Statistics For Sikkim

Annex 2: Project Profile And Linkages

References

Endnotes