Are IFAD Project Objectives, Strategies and Interventions Still Relevant?
42. Project objectives are defined on the basis of target group problem analysis. In areas heavily affected by HIV/AIDS, the constraints of some of the target groups may be changing. For example, as mentioned above, following the death of their husbands, many women are dispossessed of their land and other property, which reverts to the male relatives of the deceased. These women and their dependent children are often left without any means to support themselves in addition to the AIDS stigma that they often bear. Thus, as a result of the impact of AIDS, land tenure may emerge as a key problem, even though it may not have been addressed as such during project design. 43. Similarly, in areas heavily affected by AIDS mortality, project objectives based on long-held assumptions about labour abundance or about the profitability of certain crops may need to be carefully reviewed. Project objectives should reflect the changing needs and interests of the poor, including the ultra-poor (a growi
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