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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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Blog Posts

Impact Measurement Can also Work in Fragile Contexts

What impacts do development interventions make? Finding a reliable answer to this question is never easy, but in fragile countries it is particular resource-intensive. Often the security situation makes field access impossible, there is no reliable demographic data, and international actors struggle ...

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Events

Better Together: Collaborative Thought and Action for Better Evaluation

DEval will participate in the EES-2024 Better Together Conference. Together with organizations from around the world we will explore how collaboration can lead to more effective, transformative evaluation and social change. This event offers a timely opportunity to leverage the diverse experience of ...

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Publications

Policy Brief: Lernen aus dem zivilen Engagement in Afghanistan

Hartmann, C., M. Weeger, A. Lange und K. Mielke (2024), Lernen aus dem zivilen Engagement in Afghanistan, DEval Policy Brief 3/2024, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn und Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (DHPol), Münster.

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Evaluations and Projects

Interministerial Strategic Evaluation of Germany’s Civil Engagement in Afghanistan

The evaluation aims to perform an independent and comprehensive analysis and assessment of the Federal Government’s civil engagement in Afghanistan. To this end, it examines the respective engagement of the ministries involved (Federal Foreign Office – AA, Federal Ministry of the Interior and ...

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Luftaufnahme der Stadt Kabul, Afghanistan: Palast mit großem Park, Straßen mit Autos und Häusern auf den Hügeln
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Supporting Gender Equality in Post-conflict Contexts

Gender equality and peacebuilding are two key objectives of German development cooperation. But are both objectives and their interlinkages taken into account sufficiently when putting development policy into practice? A DEval evaluation in several post-conflict countries seeks to answer these ...

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