A Ripple in Development? Long Term Perspectives on the Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004

In 2007, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) took the lead in launching a second phase evaluation of the links between relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD2). Some three years after the tsunami the role of the international community had shifted. Instead of playing a central role in the response in some countries, they were more involved in supporting national and local recovery efforts. This raises different sets of LRRD issues and shifts the focus more to national and local government agencies.

Channel Research, the consultancy company that was awarded the contract for the LRRD2 evaluation, spotted the opportunity to capture the learnings from this most recent joint evaluation process, with the objectives of advancing learning on the successful implementation of joint evaluations and building on the experience of the earlier TEC studies. Thus, a supplementary piece was added to the main LRRD2 evaluation, an exercise reflecting on the process of the evaluation.