Publications

Partner perspectives are of particular relevance for Germany and the international donor community, because partner countries can increasingly select with whom they cooperate. Thus, this report analyses (1) how policymakers and practitioners in low- and middle-income countries assess the support for internal policy processes they receive from Germany and other donors and (2) what these donors can do to improve their support in the eyes of their partners.

• Deutsche Zusammenfassung (PDF, 823 KB) 14 Seiten
• Online Appendix (PDF, 2.40 MB) 79 Seiten

• Guffler, K., A. Harutyunyan, M. DiLorenzo, T. Sethi, M. Eppler, M. S. Heinelt (2020), Development Cooperation from a Partner Perspective. How can Germany and other donors perform better in the eyes of their partner countries?, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

• Evidence Gap Map of Climate Change Adaptation in Low to Middle Income Countries

• Doswald, N., L. Sánchez Torrente, A. Reumann, G. Leppert, K. Moull, J.J. Rocío Pérez, A. Köngeter, G. Fernández de Velasco, S. Harten and J. Puri. (2020), Evidence Gap and Intervention Heat Maps of Climate Change Adaptation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, DEval Discussion Paper 2/2020, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) and Green Climate Fund Independent Evaluation Unit, Bonn, Germany and Songdo, South Korea.

Gegenstand dieser Evaluierung war Engagement Global als Organisation mit ihren Strukturen, Prozessen und dem Portfolio unterschiedlicher Programme sowie deren Ergebnissen. Die Evaluierung leistet damit einen Beitrag zur institutionellen Weiterentwicklung von Engagement Global. Die Empfehlungen sollen zur Stärkung ihrer Handlungsfähigkeit und zur Verbesserung ihrer Unterstützungsangebote dienen.

• Deutsche Zusammenfassung (PDF, 685 KB)
• Zusammenfassung in Leichter Sprache (PDF, 2.72 MB)

• Schwedersky, T., K. Hermanns, H. Steckhan, L. Kunert (2020), Institutionelle Evaluierung von Engagement Global, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, (DEval), Bonn.

• Using Mediation Analysis to Uncover Psychological Mechanisms of Attitude Change in a Development Volunteer Program

• Bruder, M., Polak, J.T., Guffler, K., & Scheinert, L (2020). Using mediation analysis to uncover psychological mechanisms of attitude change in a development volunteer program. In J.Schmitt(Ed.), Causal Mechanisms in Program Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, 167, 131–143.

The development volunteer service “weltwärts” enables young adults to participate in a volunteer service in countries of the Global South. The evaluation focuses its analysis on what volunteers learn, how they are changed by participating in weltwärts, and their civic engagement after they return to Germany.

• Online Annex (PDF, 2.29 MB)
• To the BMZ response

• Polak, J.T., K. Guffler and L. Scheinert (2017), weltwärts Volunteers and their Civic Engagement in Germany, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.

CPRs review the strategic orientation of German development activities in a partner country and generate impetus for improving country portfolios. The tool is thus designed to help steer German development cooperation more effectively.

• Executive Summary (PDF, 349 KB)
• Procedural Guidelines for Conducting Country Portfolio Reviews (PDF, 749 KB)

• Hartmann, C., M. Amine, S. Klier and K. Vorwerk (2019), Country Portfolio Reviews. A Tool for
  Strategic Portfolio Analysis in German Development Cooperation, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.