Evaluation at Sida: Annual Report 2018

The purpose of the annual report is to provide an overview of what and how Sida evaluates along with observations on emerging issues and lessons that can be used to strengthen evaluation at Sida and the effects of Sweden’s development cooperation. The report covers evaluations commissioned by Sida and foreign missions. The majority of evaluations were programme evaluations and were carried out within 16 out of Sweden’s 44 geographic and thematic strategies and within eight of Sida’s eleven main sectors. For a majority of the evaluated programmes, relevance was assessed as high whereas effectiveness, impact and efficiency were assessed to be satisfactory. Given that a large part of the evaluations was carried out mid-term, sustainability varied. Approximately a third of the evaluations described a performance that was more than satisfactory. Three of the 30 evaluated programmes were assessed to be unsatisfactory. Four, so called, strategic evaluations were carried out that provide lessons from peace and security as well as private sector engagement. They offer lessons of value for Sida’s ongoing change agenda to attain its vision and mission 2023. Brief summaries are provided for all evaluations. The total cost for Sida commissioned evaluations was about 32 MSEK.