Evaluations & technical assistance

Evaluations list (Type: Programme)

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:


Evaluation of the DG ECHO Actions in Coastal West Africa 2008 – 2014
EVAL

DARA in consortium with Particip (lead agency) and Prolog Consult undertook 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 and man-made [...] Read more...

Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response and Recovery Efforts to the Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal
EVAL

DARA conducted an evaluation of UNICEF’s response and recovery efforts to the Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal between January and June 2016.  The evaluation assessed how core elements of the emergency response were addressed and the linkages between the response [...] Read more...

WFP Operation Evaluation in Djibouti

DARA recently conducted an evaluation of the World Food Programme (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in Djibouti, Enhancing the Resilience of Chronically Vulnerable Rural, Urban and Refugee Populations and Reducing Under Nutrition. The evaluation [...] Read more...

WFP Regional Operation Evaluation in Central America
EVAL

DARA recently conducted a Regional Evaluation of the World Food Programme (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The evaluation analyzed the extent to which WFP’s programme responded [...] Read more...

Evaluation of the DG ECHO Actions in Coastal West Africa 2008 – 2014

DARA in consortium with Particip (lead agency) and Prolog Consult undertook 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 and man-made [...] Read more...

Evaluations of DG ECHO’s Actions in the Saharawi Refugee Camps
EVAL

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 WFP’s assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by insecurity in Mali
EVAL

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, and [...] Read more...

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...