The pilot of the Indian Community Development Program was a resounding success. Why did it fail to scale? And what can that tell us about development programs today?
The program failed because it expanded to too many beneficiaries without having the resources to be implemented effectively, neither in terms of capital nor in terms of staff who were 'true believers'.
Wonderful write up.
From what I've read, in a nutshell:
The program failed because it expanded to too many beneficiaries without having the resources to be implemented effectively, neither in terms of capital nor in terms of staff who were 'true believers'.