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Our evaluations contribute to making German development cooperation more effective, efficient and sustainable. Read More
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We continue to develop methods and standards further and advise national and international partners in this regard. Read More
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Rigorous Impact Evaluation: Research Report

Human Rights in German Development Policy

Supporting Gender Equality in Post-conflict Contexts

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Forum with Costa Rican presidential candidates discusses the importance of policy evaluation in the future government agenda. Read more →

This new year is a special one for DEval – we're celebrating our tenth anniversary. Read more →

DEval analysed the BMZ human rights approach to development cooperation and found it mostly relevant but identified potential for improving its implementation. Read more →

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Is German development cooperation effective? Does it achieve the intended impact? Is it informed by the best scientific evidence? In an online event organised by the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) we will discuss these questions and present a BMZ-funded research project on the implementation of rigorous impact evaluation.

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Publications

Policy Brief

Reporting on Development Policy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

External Publication

Evaluation Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean (Edition 2021)

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Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2021. Media content, information, appeals and their impact on public opinion.

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Blog: +Evidence

Access to the labour market plays an essential role in allowing displaced populations to sustain their livelihoods and integrate into their host communities. Long-term displacement situations and a decline in resettlement have spurred the quest for local integration (UNHCR, 2019). The majority of displaced populations are hosted by neighbouring low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the Covid-19 pandemic places additional strain on scarce resources.

Covid-19 has affected economies, firms and workers all over the world. What started out as a health crisis soon developed into a pandemic with severe economic and labour market impacts worldwide. Economic impacts are particularly severe in low- and middle-income countries for vulnerable groups like informal workers, women and youth, and also for small and medium-sized enterprises.

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From Our Projects

The aim of the project Focelac+ is for evaluations in selected countries to make a greater contribution to accountability, transparency and learning. The project partner is the Costa Rican Ministry of Planning, Mideplan.

As part of its RIE project, DEval aims to identify and record the current state of rigorous impact evaluation in German development cooperation. We would, therefore, like to ask persons responsible for RIE in German development cooperation to register completed, ongoing or officially confirmed rigorous impact evaluations in our survey.

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Sustainability

With the 2030 Agenda, sustainability became the guiding principle for human development. The Agenda also provides the central framework for German development cooperation. All interventions and activities should be designed to promote sustainable development in partner countries in keeping with the 2030 Agenda. DEval has thus made sustainability one of its priority working areas.

Further focus topics

The private sector is becoming increasingly involved in official development cooperation. However, this trend is somewhat controversial. Critics fear that it primarily benefits corporate interests and pushes development policy goals into the background.

German development cooperation is increasingly taking place in fragile contexts, as more than half of its partner countries are now affected by violence, conflicts and a lack of state authority/legitimacy. As a result of these particular challenges, specific strategies are needed in order to implement development policy measures effectively and sustainably.

German development cooperation has many tools at its disposal, including development loans, promotional loans, subsidies, training seminars and the deployment of experts. Tailored diversity or wasteful fragmentation?

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DEval evaluates German Development Cooperation

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Methods und Standards

Strengthening Evaluation Capacities

Rigorous Impact Evaluation: Research Report

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Executive Summary

Online Appendix

Guidance Tool

Human Rights in German Development Policy

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Executive Summary

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Supporting Gender Equality in Post-conflict Contexts

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Executive Summary

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Rigorous evidence on Covid-19

Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Policy Brief

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Policy Brief

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Blog: +Evidence

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