Papers

Retrospective evaluation of the pilot program “Toilet Marketing in the Comoros"

UNICEF Comoros commissioned this independent evaluation of the Toilet Marketing pilot project (2020-2022) - a vital initiative addressing the pressing sanitation challenges facing Comorian communities. Despite 81% of the population having access to water points, only 4.7% have access to safe drinking water, and 62% of households lack improved toilet facilities, posing significant health risks to communities. The evaluation examines the project's achievements, identifies key success factors, and provides valuable insights for potential scaling within the 2022-2026 country program. By analyzing the effectiveness of strategies to promote and facilitate access to improved toilets, this report offers crucial recommendations for expanding sanitation infrastructure across Comoros.

UNICEF Sierra Leone Country Programme Evaluation

Final Report for the Country Programme Outcome Evaluation of UNICEF Sierra Leone. The Country Programme Evaluation serves UNICEF's accountability and learning purposes by looking into the CP's performance in achieving its intended results for children. The evaluation informed UNICEF's programme implementation strategies to reach the planned CP results, and also shed light on potential corrective actions in the design and envisaged delivery modalities of the new country programme.

Evaluation of UNICEF's 'Good Nutrition for a Healthy Life' project

Final Evaluation Report of UNICEF Brazil’s Good Nutrition for a Healthy Life project, which focused on promoting healthy school environments, building the capacity of health, education and social protection professionals, and disseminating information about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for children up to 6 months old and continued until 2 years old, as well as healthy nutrition for children and adolescents.

Summative Review of the UNICEF/WFP Social Protection response to COVID-19 in Mozambique

As part of this national response strategy, UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) supported approximately 90,000 households by implementing cash transfers in selected areas in Tete and Zambézia provinces. The cash transfers were complemented with a Communication for Social and Behavioral Change (CSBC) intervention and referrals to appropriate services to treat and follow up on cases of exploitation and gender-based violence.

Summative Evaluation of GPE Support to Zimbabwe

 The 2017 – 2020 Global Partnership for Education (GPE) support to Zimbabwe sought to enhance equitable access to quality education to all children in the country. The programme supported five components: (i) providing strong policy, legal and regulatory framework; (ii) implementing the new curriculum; (iii) equity and access in education; (iv) institutional strengthening and (v) programme support, management and monitoring.   

Evaluation of the Digital Bridges for Educational Equity Programme

The Digital Bridges programme, funded by the UNICEF Innovation Office, aims to expand digital education in Uruguay in an equitable manner, increasing the recruitment and use of platforms and other digital resources to promote inclusive and quality education for all. Report in Spanish.

Evaluation Brief: Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme - Spanish version

This evaluation brief presents the final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, which ran from 2020 to 2023. The programme, known as Children on the Move (CotM), operated in four countries across two regions with the partnership of UNICEF and UNHCR. The evaluation team developed a theory of change to analyse the programme's outcomes, assessing its relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. Data collection involved various methods such as document review, interviews, discussions, and surveys, conducted between May and October 2023.

Evaluation Brief: Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This evaluation brief presents the final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, which ran from 2020 to 2023. The programme, known as Children on the Move (CotM), operated in four countries across two regions with the partnership of UNICEF and UNHCR. The evaluation team developed a theory of change to analyse the programme's outcomes, assessing its relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. Data collection involved various methods such as document review, interviews, discussions, and surveys, conducted between May and October 2023.

Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme - Spanish Version

This report presents the final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, which ran from 2020 to 2023. The programme, known as Children on the Move (CotM), operated in four countries across two regions with the partnership of UNICEF and UNHCR. The evaluation team developed a theory of change to analyse the programme's outcomes, assessing its relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. Data collection involved various methods such as document review, interviews, discussions, and surveys, conducted between May and October 2023.

Zambia Country Brief - Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This country brief discusses the key findings of the evaluation of the EU’s Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration (also known as Children on the Move or CotM). This document summarises the main messages from the evaluation and draws lessons and conclusions from these experiences for similar interventions in other regions.

South Africa Country Brief - Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This country brief discusses the key findings of the evaluation of the EU’s Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration (also known as Children on the Move or CotM). This document summarises the main messages from the evaluation and draws lessons and conclusions from these experiences for similar interventions in other regions.

Mexico Country Brief - Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This country brief discusses the key findings of the evaluation of the EU’s Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration (also known as Children on the Move or CotM). This document summarises the main messages from the evaluation and draws lessons and conclusions from these experiences for similar interventions in other regions.

El Salvador Country Brief - Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This country brief discusses the key findings of the evaluation of the EU’s Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration (also known as Children on the Move or CotM). This document summarises the main messages from the evaluation and draws lessons and conclusions from these experiences for similar interventions in other regions.

Final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

This report presents the final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, which ran from 2020 to 2023. The programme, known as Children on the Move (CotM), operated in four countries across two regions with the partnership of UNICEF and UNHCR. The evaluation team developed a theory of change to analyse the programme's outcomes, assessing its relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. Data collection involved various methods such as document review, interviews, discussions, and surveys, conducted between May and October 2023.

Evaluation of the Resettlement Process and Community Participation - PROSAMIM III

In this evaluation we carried out: (i) a longitudinal study with resettled families, comparing the situation before and after the move; (ii) an impact assessment with a treatment group and a control group; (iii) the evaluation of the satisfaction degree of resettled people; in addition to (iv) document analysis, focus groups and interviews with managers and technicians.

Safer Access to Essential Public Services - A summary of the evaluation of results of the AMS methodology

This evaluation aimed to assess the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the AMS programme, particularly in the long term. To that end, mixed data collection methods were used, such as focus groups, interviews, questionnaires, among others, involving more than 500 people.

Evaluation of the Program for the Protection of Children and Adolescents Threatened with Death –

This evaluation aimed to contribute to the enhancement of the Programme on both national and state levels. To this end, robust monitoring and evaluation methodologies were developed to assess the effectiveness of the Programme's management processes and the quality of the products it delivers

Street Lighting Impacts in Brazil

This study aims to provide a baseline to support those lighting interventions and contribute to an evaluation exercise at the end of the investment cycle. The analysis explores the potential impacts on people’s behaviour and perceptions of safety and security, especially among women. It also addresses education and job opportunities. The study adopted a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative and quantitative tools. 

Evaluation of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2017-2021

The main objective of the evaluation was to assess how the Development Cooperation Framework is contributing to the development of Brazil, based on national priorities established by the Brazilian government, in the period 2017-2021. The evaluation focused on both the development results achieved and the challenges overcome, the identification of internal gaps and overlaps, and the best practices that can be drawn from the implementation of joint actions.

Summative Evaluation of UNICEF 2015-2019 Education Programme in Angola

This evaluation examines, on one side, the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of UNICEF Angola interventions in the context of the development of the education sector and, on the other, the coherence, coverage and coordination of interventions in the emergency context.

Evaluation of the project aimed at improving the feeding practices of newborns and children in Madagascar

The evaluation consists of a contribution analysis for the first phase of the project and a prospective assessment for the second phase, identifying lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations to improve the implementation of the project.

Evaluation of the UNICEF Brazil Country Programme

The evaluation of UNICEF Brazil Country Programme (2017-2022) and UNICEF Brazil's COVID-19 response used theory-based approach with mixed methods and a non-experimental evaluation design.

Evaluation of Tunisia's child-centered conditional cash transfer programme

This evaluation documents the importance of implementing more integrated, multi-sectoral child-sensitive social protection strategies to ensure a fair chance for all Tunisian children, and the crucial role of social protection in protecting human capital in the country.

Baseline study on CRAN catch-up education in Madagascar - Teaching at the Right Level

Prospective evaluation of the baseline situation of the CRAN programme based on the six DAC-OECD criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability (in French).

Logframe and theory of change of a youth empowerment programme

Collaborative process for the development of the logical framework of the CUCA Network's projects and activities. Includes review of the theory of change, indicator matrix, monitoring and evaluation tools and methodological guide.

Evaluation of the sustainability of community-based water management systems

The Água+Acesso Alliance works towards improving access to safe water for rural communities throughout Brazil in a sustainable fashion. This document guides the Alliance's participatory evaluation, with the involvement of 16 partner organisations.

Evaluation of the Happy Childhood Programme - Qualitative approach

The Happy Child Program (PCF) is a nationwide programme that supports stimulation during very early childhood. This formative assessment based on interviews with stakeholders contributes evidence for a management response for its upcoming stages.

Evaluation of the MEND and RISE conditional cash transfer programmes

Final evaluation of two social protection and cash transfer programmes sponsored by UNICEF in StKitts and Nevis. This report received a "highly satisfactory" rating from UNICEF's GEROS.

MEND and RISE Evaluation Executive Summary

Executive summary of the final evaluation of the conditional cash transfer programmes in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Evaluation of the Youth Aware Program

Youth Aware is an innovative STD prevention programme sponsored by UNICEF that focuses on bringing testing facilities closer to youth and improving prevention through peer-to-peer education. This final evaluaion features lessons learned and recommendations for programme scale-up. Originally published in UNICEF's evaluation database.

Quasi-experimental Impact Assessment: Evaluating Urban Centers of Culture, Art, Science and Sports in Brazil

In this article we examine the effects that attending the CUCA network has had on the lives of young people living in Fortaleza (Brazil). Through a quasi-experiment we carried out an impact assessment to verify the hypothesis that attending CUCA units positively affects young people's lives in the following aspects: family life; social-emotional skills; performance in studies; awareness of citizenship rights; preparation for the labor market; mitigation of illicit drug use; and awareness about how to avoid unwanted pregnancies and / or STDs. In addition, we examine the possibility that the presence of the CUCA provokes an increase in the sense of security in the neighborhood where it is situated. To measure the above mentioned impacts, we use difference-in-difference regression models, in addition to Logit and Probit models. This paper is part of an evaluation work carried out at the request of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Avaliação dos Centros de Educação Infantil PROARES 2

Mixed-methods evaluation of IDB-supported day-care centers in Northeastern Brazil using ECERS scales, drawings and a quasi-experimental impact measurement model.

Rede CUCA: impactos sociais e econômicos

Final evaluation of the network of Urban Centers for Culture, Art, Science and Sports, an IDB-supported youth programme in Northeastern Brazil.

Introdução ao Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional Paulista

A primer on the Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by Plan for the São Paulo State Government.

Gestão do Impacto Social dos Negócios

Plan produced this publication for CEBDS, the Brazilian chapter of the WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The book deals with different methods for appraising the social impact of business with cases extracted from 4 economic sectors. Contents include contributions made by member companies.

Final Evaluation of the Cotton-4 Development Cooperation Project

Evaluation of Brazilian technical cooperation to strengthen cotton industries in four African countries (in English).

Avaliação do Programa de Cooperação Internacional Cotton-4

Evaluation of Brazilian technical cooperation to strengthen cotton industries in four African countries (in Portuguese).

Avaliação do Programa Terra Mais Igual

Evaluation of the Terra Mais Igual Program (2005-2012), which aimed to "improve quality of life for socially-excluded communities, and empower them through equal access to public goods and services."

A implementação do acesso à informação pública: o que pensam os servidores

This article is based on in-depth interviews with 15 public officials in order to understand their views on how to implement access to information legislation.

IFPRI Evaluation of Mexico's PROGRESA: Norm, Mistake, or Exemplar?

Early in the implementation of the flagship anti-poverty program PROGRESA, Mexican officials hired evaluators from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This article uses a science studies approach to examine the resulting evaluation's methodology, and uncovers a number of significant omissions and ambiguities.

Negotiated Validity: Three Perspectives on IFPRI Sampling Methods

The evaluation of Progresa, a Mexican social program developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1997 and 2000, is famous for its (alleged) use of experimental methodology. This article employs complexity theory to analyze the validity of the sample used in this particular evaluation.