Independent Evaluation Report - Rehabilitation of the Date Palm Sector, Iraq

The end-of project evaluation was initially planned as a joint UNIDO/FAO
evaluation. Unfortunately, this joint approach had to be abandoned when the
events in the region prevented the FAO evaluation expert from fulfilling his assignment.
Moreover, these events delayed the finalization of the UNIDO evaluation
which was initiated in November-December 2010. The present evaluation is
therefore limited to the UNIDO component. It has been conducted by an international
evaluation expert in cooperation with a national consultant who gathered
information through desk research, stakeholder interviews and field missions. The
evaluation methodology had to adapt to security constraints but efforts were made
to triangulate findings to the extent possible.