Evaluations
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...
Study: How to Define and Measure Value for Money in the Humanitarian Sector
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...
From slow boil to breaking point: A real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency
As the Syrian refugee emergency continues to escalate, with the 1 million mark reached in March, UNHCR has conducted a real-time evaluation of its response, focusing particularly on those countries receiving the largest numbers of refugees. The evaluation [...] 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...
Real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency in Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq
As the Syrian refugee emergency continues to escalate, with the 1 million mark reached in March, UNHCR has initiated a real-time evaluation of its response, focusing particularly on those countries receiving the largest numbers of refugees. The primary purpose [...] Read more...
ALNAP Meeting: Who is this evidence for? 
Riccardo Polastro, Head of Evaluations at DARA, speaks at the ALNAP Evidence and Knowledge meeting March 2013. Read more...
Evaluation at a Glance: Chad
WFP-UNHCR Mixed Method Impact Evaluation in Chad The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: its impact and role in Chad CLIENT World Food Programme and UNHCR COUNTRY Chad TEAM Pierre Leguéné* Covadonga [...] Read more...
ALNAP: A call for evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian response
Source: ALNAP By Riccardo Polastro The ALNAP 2013 Annual Meeting held in March focused on evidence following the increasing demand of donors and humanitarian agencies for evidence-based and measurable responses. Evidence of needs and how we respond to [...] Read more...
Evaluation at a Glance: Bangladesh
WFP‐UNHCR Food Assistance Impact Evaluation in Bangladesh The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: its impact and role in Bangladesh CLIENT World Food Programme and UNHCR COUNTRY Bangladesh [...] Read more...
Study: How to Define and Measure Value for Money in the Humanitarian Sector
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and one of its long-standing partners in contexts strained by armed conflicts, the International Committee if the Red Cross (ICRC) have commissioned InDevelop, in collaboration with GRM and DARA, [...] Read more...