Or isn't it? Do aid efforts to reduce child mortality actually work? Do projects aimed at female empowerment lead to less violence against women?

Norwegian aid projects have not been designed or implemented in a way that makes it possible to evaluate them, concludes a recent study of the Norwegian Aid Administration.

The main objectives of the evaluation were to (a) assess the relevance, effectiveness and impact of Danish development assistance administered by MS; ...

This article reviews recent Norwegian aid evaluations with a mandate to study impact, and assesses how the evaluators establish causal effects. The analytical ...

(Evaluation Report 2.96)

This is the second volume in a bibliographical series on Norwegian development policy and development research in the 1980s. This bibliography registers ...

The concept paper seeks to outline and discuss key issues for a planned evaluation on “The Aid Architecture Seen From Below” to be commissioned ...

Methodology and findings of evaluations of non-project financial aid Ole David Koht Norbye IDS Bull

(SIDA evaluation report 99/4)

Norway channels a large portion of its development aid budget through Norwegian civil society organisations. This also includes disbursements from Norad’s ...

(Evaluation Report 6.98)

CMI and LTS International will progressively assess the results of the Initiative. The real-time evaluation shall provide timely information and rapid learning opportunities.

During the annual evaluation conference which was arranged by CMI in Bergen, the first Evaluationprize was announced. CMI and ITAD won the prize for an evaluation of Norwegian “Can We Demonstrate the Difference that Norwegian Aid Makes?”

CMI has won a key joint-donor evaluation to assess post-Taliban humanitarian and reconstruction aid. The Danish Minsity of Foreign Affairs leads the evaluation on behalf of Sweden, U.K, Ireland and the Netherlands. CMI's Afghanistan expert Arne Strand will be team leader.

U4 and DFID are exploring how to use proxy indicators to better evaluate anti-corruption efforts. Development practitioners, monitoring and evaluation professionals, and researchers are invited to submit proposals.

The evaluation concludes that support to conflict prevention and peacebuilding has only been partially successful. Supporting state building in Southern Sudan requires an inclusive approach.

"CMI is a "flagship" in the diverse fleet of Norwegian research institutions," concludes the recent evaluation commissioned by the Research Council of Norway.

We assess why the Norwegian aid administration is not able to document its results. We find that the system is not designed to provide the necessary documentation ...

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