Evaluation helps enhance both DFID’s accountability to Parliament and the public and its impact in reducing world poverty. It identifies how results are achieved (or not) so that lessons can be learnt for the future.
Evaluation Department works towards the following objectives in DFID and beyond to:
Evaluation Department's programme includes:
The aim is to determine relevance and fulfilment of objectives and assess developmental efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability.
The Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact (IACDI) was set up in December 2007 to help DFID evaluate the impact of UK aid.
It also advises DFID on the overall strategy, approach and priorities being adopted in its evaluation work, and assures the independence of the evaluation function in DFID and the use of evaluation results to enhance delivery and impact of UK development assistance.
The Chair of IACDI prepares an annual report to the Secretary of State. This report, the Secretary of State's reply, and all decisions and publications are on the IACDI website.
The UK Government is committed to independent and high-quality evaluation of international development assistance.
As the aid budget increases we want to continue to ensure that resources for development are used effectively and are directed where they can make the most difference to the lives of the world’s poorest people.
Although international development is already subject to extensive scrutiny, we have decided to strengthen the independence of our evaluations in a way which complements and adds value to existing systems.
The Committee comprises a Chair (David Peretz) and six committee members which draw on high-level evaluation expertise both from the UK and internationally.
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