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Evaluation of WFP’s assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by insecurity in Mali
DARA conducted an operations evaluation of the World Food Programme's (WFP) Regional Emergency Operation to provide assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by insecurity in Mali. Following the outbreak of violence in the Gao, Kidal [...] Read more...
The Listen and Learn Project: Improving Aid Accountability in Haiti
The Listen and Learn project, a joint DARA/Keystone initiative funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, aimed to improve the accountability of aid efforts in Haiti and provide a model for greater beneficiary accountability in relief and recovery programming [...] Read more...
Evaluation of DG ECHO actions in coastal West Africa 2008-2014
DARA in consortium with Particip (lead agency) and Prolog Consult is currently undertaking an evaluation of DG ECHO actions in coastal West Africa 2008-2014. The humanitarian situation in coastal West Africa is complex, due to a mixture of natural [...] Read more...
WFP Evaluation in Democratic Republic of Congo
WFP Democratic Republic of Congo Portfolio Evaluation DARA carried out a strategic evaluation of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) activities in DRC, with a special focus on the interrelation between the different coordination mechanisms, and the roles [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index: Burkina Faso Case Study
DARA presented a new country case study of the Risk Reduction Index (RRI), carried out in Burkina Faso. The Risk Reduction Index aims to help governments, civil society and other actors understand the underlying risks that render communities more vulnerable to [...] Read more...
WFP Evaluations in Zimbabwe and Guinea Bissau
DARA carried out two humanitarian evaluations for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe and Guinea Bissau. Evaluation of WFP’s response to humanitarian needs and strengthening resilience to food insecurity in Zimbabwe In recent years, food production [...] Read more...
Retrospective evaluation of the GFDRR Program in a sample of disaster-prone countries
Despite overall awareness of the need to invest efforts in increasing Disaster Risk Management (DRM) among vulnerable country governments and the international aid community, there is a gap between high level commitments and actual achievements on the ground [...] Read more...
Study Value for money in the humanitarian sector EVAL
DARA, in cooperation with Indevelop and GRM International, carried out a study on value for money in the humanitarian sector for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and one of its long-standing partners in contexts strained by armed [...] Read more...
RTE of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency EVAL
From slow boil to breaking point: A real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency The evaluation was conducted in June 2013 and was led by a team of independent experts, including Ed Schenkenberg, Chief Executive of DARA, as NGO [...] Read more...
External Evaluation of the Rapid Response to Population Movements (RRMP) Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo EVAL
DARA was commissioned by UNICEF to carry out the External Evaluation of the Rapid Response to Population Movements (RRMP) Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The RRMP was the largest single humanitarian response programme in the DRC after [...] Read more...