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Project Mesha: transforming the lives of rural women through productivity improvements

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Publication Type: Other evaluations
Country: India
Region: South Asia
Sector: Rural Livelihoods

Principal Investigators: Bidisha Barooah, Ritwik Sarkar, Priyanka Dubey and Avantika Bagai
Organisation: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

To inform the implementation of Project Mesha, a goat-farming intervention aimed at marginal and landless households, Aga Khan Foundation commissioned 3ie to conduct a formative study. The authors of this report look into the relevance, feasibility, context and evaluability of the project planned for Muzzafarpur District, Bihar.

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  • DOI : 10.23846/NRLMFE17

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