Evaluation

The current Development Account evaluation system, rolled out at the end of 2019 with the issuance of the Account’s evaluation framework and project evaluation guidelines, aims to support accountability for results and promote learning at both project and programme levels.  

Evaluations of Development Account-funded projects are led by the implementing entities and guided by the Development Account project evaluation guidelines and other supplementary guidance notes, as well as the entities’ respective evaluation policies, procedures, and practices. Since the 11th tranche, half of the projects of each tranche are selected for terminal evaluation. While all projects with a budget of USD 1 million or more are automatically selected, other projects are selected for evaluation based on their strategic importance and relevance to the implementing entities’ mandates, pressing knowledge gaps and other pertinent factors considered by the management.       

Programme-level evaluations, introduced by the 2019 Development Account evaluation framework, are managed by the central evaluation function within the Development Account Programme Management Team and supported by the evaluation units of the 10 Development Account implementing entities. The first programme-level evaluation, the evaluation of the 10th tranche Programme on Statistics and Data, implemented jointly by all the 10 entities, was finalized in November 2022.

 

Evaluation Reports

 

Project Evaluations   

12th tranche: 

  • Inclusive development for indigenous peoples in Africa and Latin America (2023C), DESA, 10/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Coherent strategies for productive capacity development in African Least Developed Countries (2023E), UNCTAD, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Green trade for sustainable development in Pacific SIDS of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (2023G), UNCTAD, 10/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Investing in Walking and Cycling Policies in African Cities (2023I), UNEP, 07/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Statistics and data for measuring illicit financial flows in the Asia-Pacific region (2023K), UNODC, 11/2023, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Regional and National Natural-Resource Based Industrialization Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa (2023M), ECA, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Strengthened innovation policies of landlocked Central Asian countries in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2023N), 07/2024, ECE, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Inter-regional cooperation for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (2023P), ECLAC, UN-Habitat, ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators (2023Q), ECLAC, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Operationalizing disaster risk reduction and resilience-building in Asia and the Pacific (2023S), ESCAP, 02/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Including people with disabilities in the Arab Labour Market (2023V), ESCWA, 05/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response 

     

COVID-19 response joint projects:

  • Building urban economic resilience during and after COVID-19 (2023AA), ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, UN-Habitat, 12/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Responses (ECE)
  • Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics (2023X), UNCTAD, ECE, ESCAP, ECA, ECLAC, ESCWA, 06/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Responses (UNCTAD, ECE, ESCAP, ECLAC, ESCWA, ECA, DA-PMT)
  • Global Initiative towards post-COVID-19 resurgence of the MSME sector (2023W), UNCTAD, ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, DESA, 06/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Responses (UNCTAD, ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ECLAC, ESCWA, DESA, DA-PMT)
  • Strengthening social protection for pandemic response: Identifying the vulnerable, aiding recovery and building resilience (2023Y), ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ECLAC, ESCWA and UNCTAD, 08/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Responses (ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ECLAC, ESCWA, UNCTAD, DA-PMT)

     

11th tranche: 

  • Policies and programmes for youth with disabilities in Latin America (1819A), DESA, 16/03/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Bridging capacity gaps in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, with a particular focus on SDG 14 (1819B), DESA, 12/09/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Helping least developed countries (LDCs) achieve structural economic progress toward and beyond graduation (1819F), DESA, 22/11/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Enabling policy frameworks for enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting in Africa and Latin America (1819H), UNCTAD, 09/2023, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Evidence-based and policy coherent oceans economy and trade strategies (1819K), UNCTAD, 05/2024, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Leapfrogging skills development in e-Commerce in South-East Asia in the framework of the 2030 Development Agenda (1819N), UNCTAD, 02/2023, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Strengthening national capacity to address the environmental impacts of humanitarian responses to population displacement in selected countries (1819O), UNEP, 03/2023, Evaluation Report
  • Towards coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (1819Q), UNEP, 22/11/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Report
  • Strengthening urban resilience in South-East Africa (1919T), UN-Habitat, Evaluation Report
  • Improving Access to Legal Aid for Women in Western Africa (1819U), UNODC, 21/01/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Measuring, monitoring and improving performance in regional integration within ECA, ESCWA and ESCAP regions (1819X), ECA, 04/08/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Strengthening analytical capacities and supporting national efforts in Africa towards eliminating illicit financial flows (1819Y), ECA/UNCTAD, 09/2023, Evaluation Report and Management Response (UNCTAD)
  • Demographic dividend with a gender dimension: Entry points for implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa and Asia and the Pacific (1819Z), ECA, Evaluation Report
  • Integrated energy and water resource management in support of sustainable development in South-East Europe and Central Asia (1819AB), ECE, 17/06/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Evidence-based environmental governance and sustainable environmental policies in support of the 2030 Agenda in South-East Europe (1819AE), ECE, 17/06/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Strengthening institutional frameworks in the Caribbean for an integrative approach to implement the 2030 Agenda and the SIDS Agenda (1819AF), ECLAC, 30/06/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Rural-urban linkages for inclusive development in Colombia (1819AG), ECLAC, 05/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Regional Observatory on Sustainable Energy for the Latin American and Caribbean region (1819AH), ECLAC, 28/09/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Leaving no one behind in Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening institutions for social policy coherence and integration to foster equality (1819AI), ECLAC, 09/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Coordination, Coherence and Effectiveness for Implementing the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (1819AJ), ECLAC, 07/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Supporting the Countries with Special Needs in Asia-Pacific in meeting the challenges of resource mobilization for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (1819AL), ESCAP, 04/05/2022 Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Evidence-based innovation policy for effective implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific region (1819AN), ESCAP, 22/09/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into local action in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific (1819AO), ESCAP, 04/05/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Enhancing resilience and sustainability of agriculture in the Arab region (1819AP), ESCWA, 06/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Addressing the challenges of the forcibly displaced and their host communities in the ESCWA region (1819AS), ESCWA, 07/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Up-scaling energy efficiency in the residential and services sectors in the Arab Region (1819AT), ESCWA, 04/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Municipal asset management for sustainable development in selected Least Developed Countries in Africa and Asia (1819AU), DESA, 19/05/2022, Evaluation Report
  • Urban profiling for post-crisis stabilization, recovery and reconstruction in conflict affected cities in the Arab region (1819AX), UN-Habitat, 24/11/22, Evaluation Report
  • Safety Governance in Urban Environments for Safe, Inclusive and Resilient Communities (1819AY), UNODC, 23/11/22, Evaluation Report and Management Report
  • Sustainable transport connectivity and implementation of transport related SDGs in selected landlocked and transit/bridging countries (1819BA), ECE, 23/11/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Technological transformations in Latin America: promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment (1819BB), ECLAC, 09/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response
  • Strengthening statistical capacity to achieve SDG 14 in ESCAP member Countries (1819BC), ESCAP, 30/06/2022, Evaluation Report and Management Response

 

Development Account project evaluation reports from the earlier tranches are made available on implementing entities’ websites in accordance with their respective evaluation policies, procedures and practices: 

 

 

Programme-level evaluations 

Final evaluation of the DA 10th tranche Programme on Statistics and Data (2022)