The scale and breadth of DARA’s field research and evaluation work gives the organisation an unparalleled overview of what works well and what does not in aid – based on direct experience and evidence from the field:
Thematic Study of the Paris Declaration, Aid and Development Effectiveness
DARA's participation in the evaluation process of the Paris Declaration was a great opportunity to engage in one of the most important ongoing evaluation exercises in recent years. DARA provided the theoretical and conceptual evaluation framework for the second [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response to the 2010 Floods in Pakistan 
DARA publishes the report of the Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the international humanitarian community’s response to the 2010 Floods in Pakistan. Read more...
Impact Evaluation of the National School Feeding Programme in Cambodia, commissioned by the WFP
DARA publishes its recently completed Impact Evaluation of the National School Feeding Programme in Cambodia, commissioned by the World Food Programme (WFP). Read more...
Evaluation of DG ECHO’s Actions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DARA publishes its report on the evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness and impact of DG ECHO’s actions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more...
New Report: Evaluation of Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia
DARA publishes the report of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia 2005-2010. Read more...
Evaluations of DIPECHO Actions Plans in Central America
DG ECHO selected DARA in 2007 to evaluate the DIPECHO Action Plans in Central America in order to analyse how their programmes have helped the at risk population and the institutions prepare and respond to subsequent Disasters. Since 1990, more than ten million [...] Read more...
Evaluations of DG ECHO’s Actions in the Saharawi Refugee Camps
In 2009, DARA was selected by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department to evaluate its humanitarian assistance to Saharawi refugees displaced by the conflict over Western Sahara. The three-month study, between April and June 2009, was the first [...] Read more...
Evaluation of the ICRC policy on Internally Displaced Persons
DARA participated in the first evaluation of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) policy on internally displaced persons (IDPs). The evaluation was the first to look at the organization's operational position towards IDPs with the aim of [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Real-Time Evaluation in Mozambique
A group of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) agencies commissioned DARA to carry out a real-time evaluation (RTE) of the response to the Zambezi river floods and Cyclone Favio in February 2007. Being one of the first of its kind, this evaluation formed [...] Read more...
Mid term Evaluation of the WFP Country Programme in Mozambique
Members of DARA were commissioned to assess the WFP Country Programme in Mozambique. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine the degree to which objectives had been achieved according to UNEG’s evaluation criteria [link to UNEG site]. Mozambique remains [...] Read more...
Tsunami Evaluation Coalition: phases one and two
On the 26th of December 2004, nearly 230,000 people died or disappeared and two million lost their homes in Asia and Africa, as a result of the worst natural hazard in recent times. Simultaneously, the largest humanitarian operation in history was initiated: the first system-wide study of a humanitarian response to be conducted since development of the approach following the Rwandan genocide. Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation (IA-RTE) of the Humanitarian Response to Typhoons Ketsana and Parma in the Philippines
During the third quarter of 2009, three typhoons swept across the Philippines. Typhoons Ketsana and Parma struck on the 26th of September and on the 3rd of October, causing extensive flooding. Typhoon Mirinae caused further casualties and destruction when it struck [...] Read more...
