Evaluation type
Retrospective evaluation of the GFDRR Program in a sample of disaster-prone countries EVAL
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...
WFP Evaluation in Guinea Bissau EVAL
Evaluation of WFP’s nutrition and livelihoods support in Guinea Bissau Guinea-Bissau is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the prevalence of malnutrition and food insecurity is persistently high. A coup d’état in 2012 and political instability [...] Read more...
WFP Evaluation in Zimbabwe EVAL
Evaluation of WFP’s response to humanitarian needs and strengthening resilience to food insecurity in Zimbabwe In recent years, food production in Zimbabwe has been devastated by a number of factors including natural disasters and economic and political instability [...] Read more...
WFP Evaluation in Democratic Republic of Congo EVAL
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 of UN agencies and other key humanitarian actors. The outcomes [...] Read more...
WFP Operation Evaluation in Iran EVAL
DARA conducted an Operation Evaluation for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Iran. Iran hosts the second largest number of refugees in the world, 95 percent originating from Afghanistan and 5 percent from Iraq. The majority of the refugees live in urban areas [...] Read more...
WFP Operation Evaluation in Somalia EVAL
For over two decades Somalia has suffered from prolonged conflict, protracted crisis and insecurity causing massive damage to human livelihoods and the provision of social services such as health, education, water, sanitation, food and nutrition. In addition [...] 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...
DARA’s Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluations
DARA was commissioned by World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to undertake two impact evaluations of food assistance in both Chad and Bangladesh in April 2012. The assignment was part of a four impact evaluation series, which aims to inform [...] Read more...