Strategic Evaluation - WFP's role in ending long-term hunger

Objectives: 

WFP evaluations serve the dual objectives of accountability and learning:

• Assess the contribution of the various activities to end long term hunger (accountability);
• Determine the reasons for the observed success or failure and draw lessons from experience about factors that play a role in having WFP contributing to ending long term hunger (learning).

The emphasis of this evaluation is on learning. The directions of the Strategic Plan 2008-2013 are relatively new and many of the initiatives that fall within the scope of the evaluation will have been formed by previous directions. In addition, the various programme activities, each directed towards a specific target group, have not necessarily been conceived from a point of view of finding the most cost-effective and/or sustainable way to addressing hunger in a given country. Therefore, the evaluation will aim to increase the understanding of the most cost-effective and/or sustainable activity / or a combination of activities and implementation modalities to address long-term hunger at CO level.