Topics: SDGs

In recent years, evaluation has emerged as an increasingly important function in determining the worth and value of development interventions in terms of their relevance, impact, performance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. Evaluation has been formalized as a function in most...

This study by the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) presents an overview on the status of the national evaluation policies and systems in the Asia Pacific Region. It is based on a survey which examined the the dimensions of an evaluation system, such as enabling environment, institutional...

The handling of the COVID-19 crisis has shown that governments can take prompt evidence-based actions to protect people, livelihoods and the economy. This briefing outlines four key ways in which evaluations can accelerate progress towards effective climate policy.

This year marks the 10-year countdown to the end-date of the 2030 Agenda. According to the data contained in the FAO report, collected before the COVID-19 pandemic, progress remains insufficient in the food and agriculture domain, suggesting that the world is not on track to meet the relevant...

The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are...

In the context of the gLOCAL week, the evaluation offices of FAO, IFAD and WFP with the support of EvalForward organized the online learning event: How do innovative evaluations contribute to achieving SDG2? Drawing from recent and ongoing work from the he Offices of Evaluation of the organizing...

This guide is a result of a partnership between UNICEF's Evaluation Office and CLEAR Anglophone Africa

Local and national evaluators need support if they are to use SDG evaluation as an opportunity to improve policies and programmes closer to home, applying tailored approaches. This guide aims to provide this support and motivate evaluation that embodies the principles of Agenda 2030. The guide is...

How we define and measure productive and sustainable agriculture is the focus of the new e-learning course developed by FAO. SDG Indicator 2.4.1 Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture has been designed to measure progress towards more productive and sustainable...

This publication presents selected key indicators related to agriculture and food security, along four main themes: Settings, Hunger, Food supply, Environment.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 responds to this question, providing key guidance for an effective and sustainable solution of the problem. The report provides new estimates of the world’s food that is lost from post-harvest up to, but excluding, the retail level. It also offers a...

Since 2015, the world has shown great enthusiasm for the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.However, after more than four years since the launch of the Agenda, there are at least two threatening challenges for sustainable development. This report not only looks at challenges ahead but also uses...

In this report, FAO examines major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and territories on 17 out of the 21 SDG indicators it is responsible for, plus one for which it is a partner agency.

Sustainable development is the most urgent challenge facing humanity. The fundamental question is how the world economy can continue to develop in a way that is socially inclusive, advances human rights, and ensures environmental sustainability. This report presents the status quo and pratices that...

The authors proposes the handprint assessment approach as a holistic measure for smallholder farmers' contribution to the SDGs and targets and classify them in the groups: Basic needs of SDGs, Social SDGs,Governance SDGs, Environment SDGs and Economic SDGs.

Agriculture and rural development research will play a critical role in meeting the ambitious targets under SDGs 1 and 2. In recent years there has been heightened emphasis on both the rigorous evaluation of development interventions and systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on such evaluations...

This briefing looks at how the 2030 Agenda and its goals can provide a sustainable development framing for a broader range of national evaluation efforts. Key issues examined are: assessing how well national policies, programmes and projects fit with one another and across the SDGs; the value of the...

This brochure sets out some recommendations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including transforming food systems and agriculture; nourishing humanity while nurturing the environment; investing in rural people and family farmers; and leaving no one behind.

Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns. The latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2019) gives an updated estimate of the number of hungry people in the world, including regional and national breakdowns, and the latest data on child stunting and...

WFP annual evaluation report explains the purpose of evaluation and how it is evolving in line with WFP’s strategic direction and trends in WFP’s operating environment, providing an overview of centralized and decentralized evaluations completed, conducted and planned in the period 2018 to 2019. In...

Edited by the International Development Evaluation Association - IDEAS, this book presents an authoritative overview of the role of evaluation in generating evidence for informed decision making and learning to advance sustainable development. Agenda 2030 includes the Sustainable Development Goals...

The Europe and Central Asia region encompasses great economic, social and environmental diversity, and its countries are facing various food security and nutrition challenges. While they have made significant progress in reducing the prevalence of undernourishment over the past two decades, new...

Accelerating progress towards the SDGs The 2018 Asia-Pacific regional report on Food Security and Nutrition focuses on the urgent need to accelerate work across this region to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on Zero Hunger; presents new analyses and updates on key indicators of food...

The 2018 Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition reports that the food security situation on the continent continues to worsen. The worsening situation in Africa is due to difficult global economic conditions and, in many countries, conflict and climate-related disasters, sometimes...

This brief summarizes the WFP event Investing in evidence to end hunger. A closer look at national opportunities held during the EvalMENA Conference. The World Food Programme (WFP) participation in EvalMENA is part of its commitment to expand the evaluation culture.

The Wilton Park event on Revisiting independence, objectivity, and the critically reflective role of evaluation for the SDG era took place from 25 to 27 June in West Sussex, UK. The purpose of this dialogue was to enable a high level, practical but informal debate, addressing conceptual and...

The Independent Evaluation Office and the Government of Turkey co-hosted the 2017 International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) in Istanbul, in collaboration with the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS and the European Evaluation Society (EES). The theme of the conference was...

The Programme Evaluation Report 2017 is now available to download. This report aims to provide Member Countries and other readers with an analytical summary of the emerging and recurrent trends in evaluations, and to discuss the main results, gaps and lessons found in FAO’s work in the period of...

The 2018 ARRI presents a synthesis of IFAD’s performance and highlights results and systemic issues from independent evaluations conducted in 2017. The quantitative analysis draws on ratings from 320 evaluations conducted since 2002

This evaluation report provides an overview of centralized and decentralized evaluations completed, conducted and planned by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the period 2016-2018 and highlights the various types of evaluation evidence available to support the organization's strategic priorities...

This report explores the nature of interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is based on the premise that a science-informed analysis of interactions across SDGs domains can support more coherent and effective decision-making, and better facilitate follow-up and monitoring...