Evaluation helps enhance DFID’s accountability both to Parliament and the public. It identifies how results are achieved so that lessons can be learned for the future.
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Evaluation of DFID’s International Citizens' Service (ICS) Pilot Programme [PDF - 5.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 November 2012
Final project completion review
Evaluation of DFID's International Citizen Service (ICS) pilot stage - mid term review [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 October 2011
The 18 month pilot programme, International Citizen Service (ICS) is supporting young British citizens to contribute to development through international volunteering and generating knowledge to inform future youth volunteeting programmes.
Platform2 - Project completion review [PDF - 1 MB]opens in a new window
13 April 2011
This independent Project Completion Review was undertaken between August 2010 and January 2011, and evaluates the performance of Platform2 against the purpose and four outputs indicated in the programme’s logframe
Joint Irish Aid and DFID's country programme evaluation Tanzania [PDF - 3.3 MB]opens in a new window
The idea of this joint evaluation arose from the work of the DAC Evaluation Network in promoting joint evaluations and from the information provided in the DAC Inventory of On-going and Planned Evaluations.
The politics of poverty: Elites, citizens and states - Findings from ten years of DFID-funded research on governance and fragile states 2001-2010 [PDF - 3 MB]opens in a new window
01 June 2010
Governance describes the way countries and societies manage their affairs politically and the way power and authority are exercised. For the poorest and most vulnerable, the difference that good, or particularly bad, governance, makes to their lives .....
Southern Africa programme evaluation 2004-2009 (EV711) [PDF - 4.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 May 2010
The Southern Africa Programme Evaluation (SAPE) is a five year retrospective evaluation of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) programme in Southern Africa from 2004 to 2009, with a focus on the period since 2006.
Southern Africa programme evaluation 2004-2009 summary (EVSUM EV711) [PDF - 81 KB]opens in a new window
Summary of the Southern Africa Programme Evaluation (SAPE), which is a five year retrospective evaluation of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) programme in Southern Africa from 2004 to 2009, with a focus on the period since 2006.
DFID's China country programme 2004-2009: Country programme evaluation (EV710) [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
01 April 2010
The evaluation covers a five-year period 2004-2009, spanning two strategy periods: a Country Strategy Paper (CSP) (2002-2005) and a Country Assistance Plan (CAP) (2006-2011).
Evaluation of DFID's country programme: Mozambique 2006-2009 summary (EVSUM EV712) [PDF - 2.5 MB]opens in a new window
This Mozambique Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) assesses the relevance and effectiveness of DFID’s aid budget over the period 2006-2009.
Evaluation of DFID's country programme: China 2004-2009 summary (EVSUM EV710) [PDF - 424 KB]opens in a new window
This is a summary of the evaluation of DFID’s country programme in China between 2004 and 2009.