Douentza Circle in Crisis: Improving Household Resiliency to Food Security Shocks in Mali

The objective of this final evaluation was to assess the performance and impact of project
activities in achieving project objectives, to identify lessons learned and to provide
recommendations for future interventions. The detailed terms of reference are reported in
Annex 1. The evaluation took place over the course of 25 days (from February 29 to
March 31, 2008). The program of the evaluation and the people met can be found in
Annex 2. The four stages of the evaluation process consisted of i) consultation on
documentation, discussion with project staff, and questionnaire design; ii) conducting the
field survey and interviews of focus groups in selected villages in Douentza; iii) data
analysis; and iv) report writing.