Below is the introduction for “Other Types of Project: What Projects Can Work?” by Terry Leahy.
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The community group is just one kind of project and I would now like to set out the other types that may often work better. I will consider five other models:
- Inclusive family projects
- Emerging farmer projects
- Top-down service delivery
- Managed business projects
- Demonstration projects
As explained above, it is one thing to get a project that can work. It is another to get a project that can actually help the poor or achieve food security. Looking at the list above, I am arguing in this book that inclusive family projects are the best kinds of projects to help the rural poor in Africa, especially if they are oriented to increasing subsistence production. Feeding the farmers first or food production for household food security. Supplementing projects like this, demonstration projects and top down service delivery projects can also help the rural poor. In terms of business projects, I will be arguing that inclusive family projects, emerging farmer projects and managed business projects can all work, depending on how they are set up. But they may not necessarily be the best way to spend government or NGO money to help the poor. I will consider this as I go along.
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