Evaluations

The evaluation analyses various programmes and measures of German development cooperation to promote private sector cooperation in the agricultural sector from 2006-2016.

The study aims to contribute to the discourse by providing up-to-date, independent, detailed, and policy-relevant insights into the public opinion on development cooperation and sustainable development.

The evaluation analyses the programme on wastewater treatment for provincial centres in Vietnam which was implemented 2000.

The evaluation subject, the evaluation questions and the methodological approach were developed together with relevant stakeholders during autumn 2016. In the subsequent data collection phase the evaluation team completed the quantitative content analysis in March 2017. Currently, data analysis is underway. First results will be presented during the 2nd quarter of 2017. Finally, report compilation will follow until autumn 2017. The publication of the report is envisaged in spring 2018.

The planned impact evaluation aims at measuring the impact of participatory land use planning and comprehensive land use planning including all ecosystems.

Weltwärts is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and aims at providing an opportunity for young adults not only to support development projects in partner countries but also to gain new insights in understanding other cultures and ways of living. The evaluation aims at analysing the effectiveness of returning volunteers in Germany. 

Based on the obligations related to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has set up a three year Action Plan for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities that is being implemented since 2013. The evaluation covers the whole spectrum of interventions implemented in the context of the action plan.

DEval is conducting a systematic evaluation synthesis of budget support effects and relevant contextual conditions for its success. The exit evaluation then assesses how and to what extent proven positive effects of budget support can be sustained if donors individually or collectively withdraw from the aid modality in a country.

An instrument for integrating the private sector into Germany's development cooperation efforts has been "development partnerships with the private sector", set up in 1999 under the develoPPP.de programme. The evaluation will concentrate on the period 2009 to 2015.

DEval is evaluating the integration of TC instruments in the context of the 2011 Technical Cooperation merger in order to determine and appraise the effectiveness of combining the deployment of TC instruments “in one hand”.

Transnational thematic evaluation of the supporting of agricultural value chains with a focus on poverty reduction and food security. Case studies in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

The developpp.de portfolio analysis analyses the cross-country allocation pattern of the programme with regard to the making of applications, granting of approval and implementation of projects from 2009 to 2014.

The desk study defines the position of German Development Cooperation in Health Systems Strengthening on a strategic level. The portfolio analysis explores different aspects of German ODA in health.

As Germany relaunched its development cooperation in Myanmar, DEval is supporting these efforts in the field of sustainable economic development by helping to create the conditions for subsequent impact evaluation.

Desk study focusing on the relevance, functioning and factors for success of Accompanying Measures to Budget Support (capacity development and technical assistance).

The DEval evaluation aimed at assessing the effectiveness of development workers in partner countries, as well as at identifying the supporting or hindering factors for the effectiveness of assignment.

As a new player in the field of German development evaluation, DEval was undertaking a baseline survey of various dimensions of its own objectives, to serve as a benchmark for assessing the impact of its work in the years to come.

The Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative aims at supporting developing countries in realizing potential welfare gains from trade liberalization. The DEval desk study reviews and assesses almost 10 years of German AfT support.

DEval examined the type, scope quality and usage of previous evaluative studies on the BMZ Afghanistan portfolio. The report was published in 2014.

DEval conducted the evaluation on the contribution made by German development cooperation in the Rwandan health sector between July 2012 and October 2013 and published the final report in 2014.