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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...
Addressing the perennial problems of disaster response
Background study for the Disaster Response Dialogue Conference Manila, Philippines, October 2014 Better cooperation between international and local actors, especially the government, is necessary to help improve the effectiveness of the response to the [...] 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...
Humanitarian HardTalk with Etharin Cousin on the Challenges in WFP’s Food Assistance
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and DARA held the third humanitarian aid diversity HardTalk dialogue with Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP), July 7th. The debate took place within the context [...] Read more...
DARA expands Board with three distinguished thought leaders
We are very pleased to announce DARA has expanded its Board of Trustees with three new members who will reinforce the organisation’s humanitarian mission and international perspective: The new Trustees are distinguished thought-leaders in the fields of aid [...] 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...