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• March 2013
  
  The office of Uganda Prime Minister launched a new Government Evaluation Facility in early marc. Also presented in this issue, read about the evaluation of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countires (BIO) ...
  

• Special Edition: World AIDS Day, 1 December 2012
  
  A Special Edition to our regular newsletter was produced to highlight recent findings in HIV prevention and treatment programs.
  
  
  

• November 2012

Discover the latest release from the OECD DAC in this issue of our newsletter, "Evaluating Peacebuilding Activities in Settings of Conflict and Fragility: Improving Learning for Results". Also presented in this issue is the latest evidence from evaluations on: development support to Afghanistan; the agricultural sector in Honduras; and Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative.

• September 2012
  
  In this month's newsletter we highlight the latest issue of our Evaluation Insights series, which looks at evidence from rural water and sanitation evaluations. Learn of the latest reports: on Austria's contribution to gender equality, Australia's support to the national HIV response in Papua New Guinea, and Canada's country programme evaluation of Peru.

• June 2012

The DAC Evaluation Network talks with Henri Jorritsma, from the Netherlands' Policy and Operations Evaluation Department in this edition of our newsletter. Henri discusses recent findings of an evaluation of budgt support to Zambia, and the future issues for development cooperation. Latest evaluations from members along with events from the evaluation community are also highlighted.

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• Special Edition: Women's Day, 8 March 2012
  
  A Special Edition to our regular newsletter was produced celebrating Women's Day 2012, highlighting the latest evaluation findings on gender equality and women's empowerment. The report  "Mainstreaming gender equality: a road to results or a road to nowhere?", which reviews evidence on gender mainstreaming in development agencies, is put forth. Other resources include a video by the Asian Development Bank presenting the evaluation results of their gender-focused programmes, an evaluation report on gender in education, and much more.                

• February 2012
  
  Our February 2012 newsletter focuses on recent lessons learned in the area of food security, drawing from a recent systematic review undergone by IOB, the Netherlands, on the topic. Latest evaluations from members are also presented, including ones on human rights, and the World Bank Fund to Fight AIDS.

• January 2012
  
  Our January 2012 newsletter highlights the newly published trilingual version of the DAC Quality Standards English, French and Arabic, and the many partners involved. Recent evaluations on the humanitarian assistance to Somalia, women in Africa, and water supply in rural Benin are also presented.

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