External Evaluation Report on the Cash for Repair and Reconstruction Project, Sri Lanka

The evaluation was expected to analyse the process and the impact of the Swiss Consortium
support to the CfRR Programme of the GoSL, to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of
the project and to propose measures for improvement for this and any similar future
programmes. Given the political complexities and multiplicity of approaches to housing reconstruction and the limited time in the field, it is not feasible to present verifiable
comparisons across various programmes and districts. The evaluation team is confident,
however, that its findings through structured and semi-structured interviews with a
representative group of beneficiaries (mixture of gender, age, ethnic background, partially and
totally damaged house owners), officials, local and international NGOs reflect verifiable
overall trends in the relationship between the programme objectives and its impact. It should be
noted that due to the intensified security situation in Trincomalee the team was not able to
cover the LTTE areas for comparisons, where the limited access to materials and agency
support is known to have further compounded the inequity between the North and the South.