“Like a good trip to town without selling your animals”: A study of FAO Somalia’s Cash for Work programme

This report is the result of a study of FAO Somalia’s cash for work interventions implemented after the 2011 crisis, mainly based on fieldwork conducted in 7 villages of the Gedo region, South Central Somalia from October 18 to November 15, 2012. The study was commissioned as part of the evaluation of FAO’s cooperation with Somalia, to gain an understanding of the effects of CFW assistance on beneficiary households and communities. The overall Somalia country evaluation was undertaken over the second semester of 2012 and assessed the totality of FAO’s assistance to the country. It aimed at:

1) identifying success factors and challenges for learning purposes for the FAO Somalia programme and FAO at the corporate level;

2) providing accountability to donors and to the respective government authorities; and

3) maximizing the strategic relevance and effectiveness of FAO’s engagement in the country.