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DEval evaluates German Development Cooperation

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The Promotion of Sustainable Supply Chains through German Development Cooperation

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Meta-evaluation on the Quality of (Project)Evaluations

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Evaluation of Interventions for Climate Change Adaptation

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Agriculture, Water and Environmental Protection, Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans

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Policy Brief

Attitudes towards Development Policy in the Context of the War against Ukraine

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Policy Brief

Climate Change Adaptation: Supporting Partner Countries in Implementing the Paris Agreement

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Climate Policy: Pathways to More Effective Adaptation to the Climate Crisis

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Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges in the history of mankind. The poorest countries are particularly affected by the negative impacts of climate change. When it comes to dealing with the impacts of climate change, adaptation plays a key role. Therefore, German development cooperation supports developing countries and emerging economies by adapting to climate change. The German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) evaluated the interventions for climate change adaptation in a modular evaluation.

From Our Projects

Focelac+

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.

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Microsite on Rigorous Impact Evaluation

This website is a central hub for everything RIE-related in German Development Cooperation. You will find an interactive online version of the research report on RIE and a rigorous evidence database. The website also includes information on a pilot funding programme for RIE.

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Further Focus Topics

Private sector engagement

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.

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Fragility and conflict

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.

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Instruments and structures of development cooperation

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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Lessons learned from our evaluations are a public good.
We make the methods and findings of our work transparent and freely accessible.”

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