Publications

This section contains evaluation reports, evaluation syntheses, baseline reports, reviews, surveys and studies, policy briefs and publications by DEval employees.

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Implementation of Recommendations from DEval Evaluations. Synthesis of the Implementation Monitoring of DEval Evaluation Recommendations (2015-2018)

  • Heike Steckhan
  • Prof. Dr Jörg Faust

In an implementation monitoring process DEval assesses the extent to which the recommendations of DEval evaluations have actually been implemented in development policy practice and to what extent the changes suggested by these recommendations have occurred. This first synthesis report summarises the findings from a pilot phase of implementation monitoring. It looks at recommendations from ten DEval evaluations published between 2015 and 2018. The transparent presentation of how addressees dealt with the recommendations and the derivation of conclusions as well as possible learning potential, for both DEval and the addressees, contributes to improving evaluations, their recommendations and their implementation.

Bibliographical information

  • DEval (2023), Implementation of Recommendations from DEval Evaluations. Synthesis of the Implementation Monitoring of DEval Evaluation Recommendations (2015 – 2018), German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Instruments and structures of development cooperation Germany Reports

Policy Brief: Public Opinion of the 2030 Agenda: A Mid-Term Review

  • Dr Sebastian H. Schneider
  • Dr Alexandra Gödderz
  • Dr Helge Zille
  • Dr Martin Bruder

The interim report of the 2030 Agenda in summer 2023 shows that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved by 2030 with the progress that is currently observed. In addition, the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numerous wars and conflicts as well as economic challenges are likely to further set back the achievement of the goals. In the year marking the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda, the United Nations (UN) is therefore calling on all countries to intensify their efforts. At the same time, all citizens continue to be called on to make their own contributions to sustainable global development. Against this backdrop, it is important to continuously monitor public perception of the 2030 Agenda. The German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) has therefore analysed how awareness of the SDGs has changed since 2015 and how the attitude of the German population towards the 2030 Agenda has changed compared to 2017.

Bibliographical information

  • Schneider, S. H., A. Gödderz, H. Zille and M. Bruder (2024), Public Opinion of the 2030 Agenda: A Mid-Term Review, DEval Policy Brief 1/2024, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Instruments and structures of development cooperation Sustainability Germany Policy Briefs

The Effects of Cash Transfers and Cash Plus Programs on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Dr Denise Hörner
  • Dr Kathrin Wolf

This rapid evidence review investigates the effects of cash transfers and cash transfer plus programs on sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results are drawn from 29 impact evaluations (experimental and quasi-experimental studies) across 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and seven systematic reviews containing studies that were conducted in the same region. The included studies were selected following a systematic and transparent search and screening strategy, and clear inclusion criteria. In these studies, most cash transfer interventions have a conditional component, with education-related conditionalities such as school enrolment being the most prevalent feature. The most common plus-component utilized is behavioral change communication. For the analysis of effects, sexual and reproductive health outcomes were grouped into four different categories: 1) Knowledge and attitudes, 2) behavioral outcomes (with the subcategories sexual behavior, health service utilization for perinatal care, and health service utilization for other sexual and reproductive health services), 3) reproductive and fertility outcomes, and 4) health outcomes.

Bibliographical information

  • Urueña, V., D. Hörner, A. Pasha, C. de Swardt, M. Stelter, A. Nikiema, Z. Aitmambet and K. Wolf
    (2023), The Effects of Cash Transfers and Cash Plus Programs on Sexual and Reproductive
    Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rapid Evidence Review, Center for Evaluation and Development
    (C4ED) and German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn.
Human Rights and Governance External Publications

Half-Time for SDG Evidence Generation

  • Constantin Grywatz
  • Dr Kathrin Wolf

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the international community will need rigorous evidence about which programmes and policies are most effective in improving indicators related to the goals. The Development Evidence Portal (DEP), maintained by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), is a database that gathers such evidence for low- and middle-income countries, in the form of impact evaluations and systematic reviews. In this report, we analyse data from the DEP to answer the following questions: What is the state of the evidence base for the SDGs, and where are the gaps in the evidence? We provide an overview of the evidence base across the SDG agenda, followed by a series of dashboards summarising the state of the evidence for each of the 17 SDGs between 1990 and 2022.

Bibliographical information

  • Engelbert, Mark, Zafeer Ravat, Cem Yavuz, Durgadas Menon,
    Constantin Grywatz, Kathrin Wolf, Half-Time for SDG Evidence Generation, 2023.
    3ie Working paper xx. New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie).
Sustainability External Publications

Policy Brief: Die Agenda 2030 in der öffentlichen Meinung: Eine Halbzeitbilanz

  • Dr Sebastian H. Schneider
  • Dr Alexandra Gödderz
  • Dr Helge Zille
  • Dr Martin Bruder

Der Zwischenstand der Agenda 2030 im Sommer 2023 zeigt, dass die 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung bei dem aktuell zu beobachtenden Fortschritt bis 2030 nicht erreicht werden können. Hinzu kommt, dass die Nachwirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie, die zahlreichen Kriege und Konfikte sowie wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen die Zielerreichung weiter zurückwerfen dürften. Die Vereinten Nationen (UN) riefen daher im Jahr der Halbzeit der Agenda 2030 alle Staaten auf, ihre Anstrengungen zu intensivieren. Dabei sind auch alle Bürger*innen nach wie vor gefragt, eigene Beiträge zu einer nachhaltigen globalen Entwicklung zu leisten. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es wichtig, die öfentliche Wahrnehmung der Agenda 2030 kontinuierlich zu beobachten. Das Deutsche Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) hat daher untersucht, wie sich die Bekanntheit der SDGs seit 2015 und die Einstellung der Bevölkerung Deutschlands zur Agenda 2030 im Vergleich zu 2017 verändert haben.

Bibliographical information

  • Schneider, S. H., A. Gödderz, H. Zille und M. Bruder (2024), Die Agenda 2030 in der öffentlichen Meinung: Eine Halbzeitbilanz, DEval Policy Brief 1/2024, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.
Instruments and structures of development cooperation Sustainability Germany Policy Briefs

Ressortgemeinsame strategische Evaluierung des zivilen Engagements der Bundesregierung in Afghanistan. Ressortspezifischer Bericht zum Engagement des BMZ in Afghanistan

  • Mojib Rahman Atal
  • Christoph Hartmann
  • Helena Berchtold
  • Matthew Kellogg
  • Helge Roxin
  • Maren Weeger
  • Christoph Zürcher

Dieser Bericht widmet sich dem Engagement des BMZ in Afghanistan und ist Teil der ressortgemeinsamen strategischen Evaluierung des zivilen Engagements der Bundesregierung in Afghanistan von 2013 bis 2021. Die bereits 2021 beschlossene ressortgemeinsame Evaluierung beschränkt sich auf die drei Ministerien, die das zivile Engagement Deutschlands in Afghanistan maßgeblich trugen: das Auswärtige Amt (AA), das Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (BMI) und das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ). Neben dem ressortgemeinsamen Bericht wurden zudem drei ressortspezifische Berichte verfasst. Hauptziel der Evaluierung war es, eine unabhängige und umfassende Analyse und Bewertung des zivilen Afghanistan-Engagements der Bundesregierung vorzunehmen, um Erkenntnisse für zukünftige zivile Engagements der Bundesregierung in sehr fragilen und von gewaltsamen Konflikten geprägten Kontexten zu gewinnen. Die Bewertung des BMZ-Engagements erfolgt entlang Leitfragen, die sich an den OECD-DAC-Kriterien Relevanz, Kohärenz, Effektivität, Effizienz, Nachhaltigkeit und Impact orientieren.

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Bibliographical information

  • Hartmann, C., H. Roxin, M.R. Atal, H. Berchtold, M. Kellogg, M. Weeger und C. Zürcher (2023), Ressortgemeinsame strategische Evaluierung des zivilen Engagements der Bundesregierung in Afghanistan. Ressortspezifischer Bericht zum Engagement des BMZ in Afghanistan, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn.
Instruments and structures of development cooperation Fragility and conflict Afghanistan Reports
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