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2-August-2002

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Contract-Financed Techincal Co-operation and Local Ownership, Egypt Country Study Report

This evaluation deals with contract-financed technical co-operation (KTS) as a particular aid form in Swedish development co-operation. In Particular the study explores the link between local ownerhip and the various characterstics of KTS projects, such as being demand-driven, limited in time, scope and financial volume, involve a competent local partner and based on a contract between a consultant and a local partner (LPO),

1-August-2002

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Area Development Projects, Poverty Reduction, and the New Architecture of Aid. Volume II Case Studies CARERE/Seila, Cambodia; ANRS, Ethiopia; EEOA, Zambia

This study looks at area development projects in a perspective of poverty reduction, sustainability and learning. It seeks to find out how some of the long-standing problems of the area development approach, such as targeting and integration of projects with existing policy frameworks and systems of administration, have been solved in three different projects. Formative in purpose, it also tries to identify how area development

22-November-2000

English, , 326kb

Poverty Reduction, Sustainability and Learning, An evaluability assessment of seven area development projects

An evaluability assessment of seven area development projects Sida has made a preliminary decision to initiate a study of the poverty reduction impact and sustainability of area development projects. Before launching a more comprehensive study, the present study was carried out to assess the "evaluability" of a sample of Sida supported area development projects.

1-November-2000

English, , 243kb

Ownership in Focus? Discussion paper for a planned evaluation

This paper takes a closer look at the concept of ownership as it has been defined by Sida and others and reviews some established beliefs about the causes and effects of weak partner country ownership. It concludes with a presentation of a set of issues that should be considered in an evaluation concerned with ownership1 . Its main purpose is to encourage discussion among Sida staff andothers about the focus and scope of a planned

10-October-2000

English, , 1,352kb

Fighting Poverty Strategically?, Lessons from Swedish Tanzanian Development Co-operation, 1997–2000

This is an external evaluation of Sidas country strategy (CS) process for Tanzania covering the period 1997-2000. The focus is on the effectiveness of standard instruments in steering the country cooperation in line with Swedish and Tanzanian objectives, including poverty reduction and increased country ownership of programmes. Consideration of impact is excluded but relevance to objectives is assessed in the light of feasible

8-February-2000

English, , 770kb

Sida Documents in a Poverty Perspective, A review of how poverty is addressed in Sida's country strategy papers, assessment memoranda and evaluations

Sida's "Action Programme to Promote Sustainable Livelihoods for the Poor and to Combat Poverty" states that every strategy document and project proposal should explain how the activities proposed are designed to reduce poverty, and that evaluations always should consider impact on poverty. ISSN: 1402-215X Sida studies in Evaluation 00/2

11-November-1998

Spanish, , 225kb

Evaluation of Municipal Strengthening and Environmental Sanitation Programme in Flores, Guatemala

Dentro de la periodicidad con que la Oficina de Planificación y Evaluación (OPE) de la Secretaría de Estado para la Cooperación Internacional y para Iberoamérica (SECIPI) del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores ejecuta evaluaciones de las diferentes acciones e instrumentos de la Cooperación Española para el desarrollo, se plantea la realización de una evaluación final de la Primera fase del Programa de fortalecimiento municipal y

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