Irish Aid South Africa Country Strategy Programme (2008-2012) Evaluation

The overarching evaluation question examined was: to what extent did the Irish Aid country strategy contribute to the reduction of poverty and inequality in line with the Government of South Africa’s policies and targets?

Evaluation of Irish Aid Lesotho Country Programme (2008-2012)

Ireland is a long-standing partner to Lesotho. It is the only European mission of five bilateral missions that remain in Lesotho and as such the relationship is said to be highly valued by the Government of Lesotho. Moving the relationship between Ireland and Lesotho to a more strategic level requires clear identification of areas where strategic co-operation is possible.

A study of Sida’s support system for conflict sensitivity and the case of Liberia

By significantly increasing Swedish aid volumes and diversifying its portfolio, Sweden has carved out a strong role for itself in Liberia. The scaled-up Swedish commitments in Liberia pose multiple challenges to Swedish development cooperation and its capacity to respond effectively.

Mutual accountability in practice: The case of Mozambique

Mozambique is chosen as a case study due to its reputation as a forerunner on aid effectiveness and on mutual accountability in particular. In Mozambique, there is a well-developed mechanism and a certain amount of institutional capacity for the implementation of mutual accountability.

Swedish Country Cooperation Strategy with Guatemala 2008-2012

The report concentrates on a selection of results generated from Swedish support and on the functioning of the strategy as a management instrument.

Evaluation of DFID’s Bilateral Aid to Pakistan

The report found many commendable aspects to DFID Pakistan’s work. For example, the education programme shows a sophisticated design and some promising early results, including improving education quality.

Mid-term review of the cooperation programme between Luxembourg and Burkina Faso

The result is a mitigated one: on the one hand, tripling the budget has increased the pressure on the effectiveness of the programs implementation. On the other hand, establishing a sector-wide approach has called for new implementation modalities, more complex and lengthier to be effective.

Evaluación de la Cooperación de la Comisión Europea y la Cooperación de España con Senegal

Respecto a la CE, la definición de la estrategia mejora de manera constante durante este período, a partir de la programación del 9º y el 10º FED, aunque siguen existiendo limitaciones en términos de coordinación y armonización.

Evaluation of CIDA's Ukraine Program from 2004 to 2009

The program focused 95 percent of its funding to support development in two areas reflecting the shared goals of Canada and Ukraine: sustainable economic growth and democratic development. By 2009, CIDA had invested more than $99 million in programs to benefit Ukraine's 45 million people, making Canada Ukraine's fourth- largest provider of official development assistance since 2004.

Impact Evaluation of the Farmer Training and Development Activity in Honduras

The evaluation report clearly documents that the treatment and control groups of farmers had substantially different characteristics, making it impossible to use the control group as a valid counterfactual in the evaluation. The evaluation report makes a compelling case for the use of an alternative evaluation approach, because a counterfactual could not be established.

Related Documents

• Measuring Results of the Honduras Farmer Training and Development Activity - Executive Summary