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Drawing on deep experience, networks and knowledge, we support clients with cutting-edge insights, addressing the most important current and future global challenges.

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We use our extensive knowledge of what works to support clients design programmes and projects that are appropriate, effective, and adaptive.

Evaluation & accountability

We support accountability and learning by managing and delivering evaluation and reviews to governments, civil society and the private sector.

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  • Marcus Cox, PhD

    Director
  • Nigel Thornton

    Director
  • Catherine Cameron

    Director
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Our Work

  • Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the Jordan Compact – Second Report

    This report presents the second Independent
  • The Newton Fund

    The Newton Fund is a research and innovation
  • DFID’s partnerships with civil society organisations

    The UK government has been funding CSOs since
  • The current state of UK aid: A synthesis of ICAI findings from 2015 to 2019

    Looking ahead, UK aid will continue to evolve
  • CDC’s investments in low-income and fragile states

    CDC is the primary vehicle through which DFID
  • Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the Jordan Compact

    The Jordan Compact is an innovative approach that
  • Technical assistance: New thinking on an old problem

    In this review, the Agulhas team explored the
  • International Climate Finance: UK aid for low-carbon development

    The UK’s International Climate Finance (ICF) is
  • The UK’s approach to funding the UN humanitarian system

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • Investing in Regional Prosperity: Positioning the Aid Program to Support Australia’s Economic Partnerships in Asia

    As middle-income countries (MICs) progress
  • ICAI review of DFID’s results in improving Maternal Health

    Improving maternal health has been a longstanding
  • ICAI review of DFID’s transport and urban infrastructure investments

    Transport and urban infrastructure are key
  • ICAI review of value for money through tendering and contract management

    ICAI, supported by Agulhas, published
  • ICAI follow-up review of 2016-17 reports

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team followed-up
  • DFID’s governance work in Nepal and Uganda

    How countries are governed has a major influence
  • CIFF Transition Review: summary for grant makers

    In this review, the Agulhas team identified
  • CIFF Transition Review: summary for policy makers

    In this review, the Agulhas team identified
  • CIFF Transition Review: Annex case studies

    In this review, the Agulhas team identified
  • CIFF Transition Review: MAIN REPORT

    In this review, the Agulhas team identified
  • The UK’s humanitarian support to Syria

    In response to the devastating crisis in Syria,
  • DFID’s approach to disability in development

    The UK government played a significant role in
  • ICAI review of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • Building resilience to natural disasters

    ICAI, supported by Agulhas, published a
  • The UK aid response to global health threats

    The response to the Ebola crisis between 2014 and
  • Vodafone Foundation’s 25 years of giving report – measuring scale & impact

    Agulhas worked with KPMG to help Vodafone
  • Achieving value for money through procurement Part 1: DFID’s management of its supplier market

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked
  • Global Challenges Research Fund review (ICAI)

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team assessed
  • The effects of DFID’s cash transfer programmes on poverty and vulnerability

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • DFID’s approach to supporting inclusive growth in Africa

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • The UK’s aid response to irregular migration in the central Mediterranean (ICAI)

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • ICAI review of the cross-government Prosperity Fund

    ICAI review of the cross-government Prosperity
  • Disasters Emergency Committee – Yemen Crisis Appeal – Independent phase one review

    In December 2016, the Disasters Emergency
  • ICAI follow-up review of Year 5 reports

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team followed-up
  • M&S Carbon Offset Coalition Project 

    In 2007 M&S launched its Plan A which was
  • UK aid in a conflict-affected country: Reducing conflict and fragility in Somalia

    In this review, the ICAI/Agulhas team looked at
  • Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2017

    Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2017 The
  • Accessing, staying and succeeding in basic education – UK aid’s support to marginalised girls

    Globally nearly 62 million girls miss out on an
  • When aid relationships change: DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships (ICAI)

    Review of DFID’s approach to managing exit and
  • Sustainable Business: A One Planet Approach

    Sustainable Business: A One Planet Approach
  • UK aid’s contribution to tackling tax avoidance and evasion (ICAI)

    Assessment of UK aid’s contribution to
  • DFID’s approach to managing fiduciary risk in conflict-affected environments (ICAI)

    Review of DFID’s approach to managing
  • Assessing DFID’s Results in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (ICAI)

    Assessing DFID’s Results in Water, Sanitation
  • ICAI Annual Report 2015 to 2016

    ICAI Annual Report 2015 to 2016 Agulhas supported
  • UK aid in a changing world: implications for ICAI

    UK aid in a changing world: implications for ICAI
  • DFID’s Efforts to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls (ICAI)

    Evaluation of DFID’s Efforts to Eliminate
  • AfDB’s Value for Money framework

    Developing AfDB’s Value for Money framework
  • AMP Health – Provision of learning and monitoring services

    Provision of learning and monitoring services
  • AfDB’s Development Effectiveness Review: operations in Water, 2015

    Thematic Development Effectiveness Review on
  • Evaluation of the European Centre for Development Policy Management strategy

    External Evaluation of the European Centre for
  • Evaluation of DFID-CHAI Market-Shaping for Access to Safe, Effective and Affordable Health Commodities

    Value for Money Assessments and Programme
  • AfDB Development Effectiveness Review on Agriculture and Food Security, 2015

    Development Effectiveness Review on Agriculture
  • Africa’s climate opportunity: adapting and thriving

    AfDB position paper for the UNFCCC COP-21 Meeting
  • AfDB African Development Report 2015

    Growth-Poverty Nexus: Overcoming Barriers to
  • DFID’s Approach to Delivering Impact (ICAI)

    Review on DFID’s approach to Delivering
  • UK Development Assistance for Security and Justice (ICAI)

    Review on UK Development Assistance for Security
  • The specialist contributing to Citizen Engagement for Social Service Delivery III (DFAT)

    Evaluation of the The specialist contributing to
  • How DFID Works with Multilateral Agencies to Achieve Impact (ICAI)

    Review on How DFID Works with Multilateral
  • DFID’s Humanitarian Programming in Syria

    Process Evaluation of DFID’s Humanitarian
  • AfDB Development Effectiveness Review: Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone Development Effectiveness Review
  • Development Finance For Sustainable Development Goals in middle-income Vietnam

    Assessment of Development Finance and Aid
  • DFID’s Empowerment and Accountability Programming in Ghana and Malawi (ICAI)

    Review of DFIDs empowerment and accountability
  • A Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy for the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI)

    A Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy Between
  • The Global Resource Maps

    The Global Resource Maps Agulhas’ Director
  • The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line

    The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the
  • AfDB Multi-Donor Governance Trust Fund

    External Evaluation of the Multi-Donor Governance
  • AfDBs Annual Development Effectiveness Review, 2014

    Annual Review of AfDBs contribution
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness Review 2014 – Energy

    Review of AfDB’s contribution to the energy
  • DFIDs Contribution to the Reduction of Child Mortality in Kenya (ICAI)

    Review of DFID’s contribution to the reduction
  • DFIDs Private Sector Development Work (ICAI)

    Review of DFID’s approach to private sector
  • Ending conflict and building peace in Africa, A call to action (AfDB)

    Ending conflict and building peace in Africa, A
  • How DFID Learns (ICAI)

    Study of the way DFID learns and how it applies
  • Rapid Review of DFIDs Smart Rules (ICAI)

    Rapid Review of DFIDs Smart Rules DFID recently
  • The UKs International Climate Fund (ICAI)

    Review of the International Climate Fund This
  • The environment: The carbon bubble (The Actuary magazine)

    Cover story: Carbon Bubble for The Actuary
  • Everyone, everywhere: A vision for water, sanitation and hygiene post-2015 (WaterAid)

    Analysis of  how access to water, sanitation
  • Resource constraints: sharing a finite world

    Resource constraints: sharing a finite world
  • AfDBs Annual Development Effectiveness Review, 2013

    Annual Development Effectiveness Review, 2013
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness Review: Zambia

    Evaluation of AfDBs Zambia country programme
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness Review: Senegal

    Evaluation of AfDBs Senegal country programme
  • DFID Livelihoods Work in Western Odisha (ICAI)

    Evaluation of the performance of DFID’s
  • DFIDs Empowerment and Accountability Programming in Ghana and Malawi (ICAI)

    Assessment of twenty-two DFID’s projects
  • DFIDs Support for Civil Society Organisations through Programme Partnership Arrangements (ICAI)

    Evaluation of DFID’s Programme Partnership
  • DFID’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programming in Sudan (ICAI)

    Evaluation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Offices and the British Councils use of aid in response to the Arab Spring (ICAI)

    Evaluation of the Foreign and Commonwealth
  • `2052: A global forecast for the next 40 years’

    `2052: A global forecast for the next 40
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Water Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report (CDKN)

    Thematic brief: Managing Climate Extremes and
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Agricultural Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report

    Thematic brief: Managing Climate Extremes and
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Health Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report

    Thematic brief: Managing Climate Extremes and
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters for Ecosystems: Lessons from the IPCC SREX report

    Thematic brief: Managing Climate Extremes and
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness review: Fragile States and conflict-affected countries

    Review of the African Development Bank’s
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness review – Governance

    Review of the African Development Bank’s
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness review – Promoting Regional Integration

    Review of the African Development Bank’s
  • AfDBs Development Effectiveness Review: Rwanda 

    Review of African Development Bank’s
  • DFIDs Bilateral Aid to Pakistan (ICAI)

    Evaluation of DFIDs health and education
  • DFIDs Education Programme in Three East African Countries (ICAI)

    Review of the effectiveness and value for money
  • DFIDs Oversight of the EUs Aid to Low-Income Countries (ICAI)

    Evaluation of DFID’s oversight of the UK’s
  • DFIDs Support for Health and Education in India (ICAI)

    Evaluation of DFIDs Support for Health and
  • Evaluation of DFIDs Electoral Support through UNDP (ICAI)

    Assessment of DFID’s funding for electoral
  • Evaluation of the Inter-Departmental Conflict Pool (ICAI)

    Evaluation of the Conflict Pool’s Official
  • Girl Hub: a DFID and Nike Foundation Initiative (ICAI)

    Review of Girl Hub – DFID and Nike
  • The Management of UK Budget Support Operations (ICAI)

    The Evaluation of DFID’s Operations Budget
  • The Effectiveness of DFIDs engagement with the Asia Development Bank

    Review of the effectiveness of DFID’s
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean (IPCC SREX Report)

    Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events
  • The Effectiveness of DFIDs engagement with the World Bank

    Effectiveness Review of DFIDs engagement with
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in Asia (IPCC SREX Report)

    Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events
  • Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in Africa (IPCC SREX Report)

    Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events
  • Interim Guidance Note: Measuring and managing for results in fragile and conflict-affected states and situations

    Guidance for monitoring and evaluation at the
  • AfDBs Annual Development Effectiveness Review: Thoughts from Busan

    Development Effectiveness Review The
  • AfDBs Annual Development Effectiveness Review

    Annual Development Effectiveness Review Agulhas
  • Financing the Response to Climate Change Effectively: Lessons from Asia and Africa

    Financing the Response to Climate Change
  • Realising the Potential: Making the Most of Climate Change Finance in Africa

    Strengthening of Climate Change Finance in
  • DFIDs Support to the Health Sector in Zimbabwe

    Review of DFID’s Support to the Health
  • DFID’s Approach to Anti-Corruption

    Review of DFID’s Approach to Anti-Corruption
  • DFIDs Climate Change Programme in Bangladesh

    Evaluation of Climate Change Programme in
  • ICAIs Approach to Effectiveness and Value for Money

    Effectiveness and Value for Money Report The role
  • Towards a Sustainable Economy

    Towards a Sustainable Economy Towards a
  • How to note on Electoral Assistance

    Guidance on how to note on Electoral Assistance
  • Image of From Aid Development to Development Effectiveness : Issue Paper

    From Aid Effectiveness to Development Effectiveness (AfDB,NEPAD)

    Analysis of Aid Development and Effectiveness
  • Cafe Direct

    Development of Cafe Direct’s Future
  • Image of Children and disaster risk reduction in the Asia Pacific region

    Children and disaster risk reduction in the Asia Pacific region (UNICEF)

    Review of disaster risk reduction in the Asia
  • Earth Capital Partners

    Earth Capital Partners Agulhas has provided an
  • DFID’s Humanitarian Policy Evaluation 

    Humanitarian Policy Evaluation Production of an
  • Independent evaluation of the ability of Ireland to meet the targets of the Paris Declaration

    Joint Evaluation of the Paris Declaration (Irish Aid)

    Evaluation of Ireland’s aid effectiveness
  • Image of UNDP's Making the most of Climate Change Finance in Asia and the Pacific Report

    UNDP’s Making the most of Climate Change Finance in Asia and the Pacific

    Making the most of Climate Change Finance in Asia
  • DFID's Political Economy of Climate Change in Tanzania report image

    DFID’s Political Economy of Climate Change in Tanzania

    Analysis of political economy of climate change
  • DFID’s Managing results in conflict-affected and fragile states

    Managing results in conflict-affected and fragile
  • Unicef's Climate change in Kenya: focus on children report

    Climate Change in Kenya: Focus on Children (UNICEF)

    Study of climate change impact on children in
  • image of Unicef's report A brighter tomorrow: climate change, child rights and intergenerational justice

    A brighter tomorrow: climate change, child rights and intergenerational justice (UNICEF)

    Discussion paper focusing on child rights and
  • Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward (UNICEF)

    Review of disaster risk reduction approaches and
  • UNDP’s Asia Aid Effectiveness Portal

    Web-based resource for practitioners: Asia Aid
  • ACET’s Ghana Joint Assistance Strategy (G-JAS) Mid-Term Review

    ACET’s Ghana Joint Assistance Strategy
  • Climate change support to UNICEF : Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility

    Climate change support to UNICEF Agulhas have
  • DFID’s Study of Deteriorating Governance

    Study of Deteriorating Governance This research
  • Mapping the Impact of Climate Change on Children in Kenya

    Development of web-based representations of the
  • DFID’s Practice Papers on Conflict and Fragility

    Series of 12 Practice Papers on Conflict &
  • Sustainable Aviation consortium

    Advice on the sustainable strategy for the
  • Cambodia Joint donor responses to corruption

    Study on Cambodia Joint donor responses to
  • ClimDev Africa programme finalisation

    Design of the complex ClimDev Africa programme
  • Commonwealth Secretariat Strategic Plan

    Strategic Plan 2008-2012 for the Commonwealth
  • DFID’s Security and justice: measuring the development returns

    A review of the state of knowledge on the role of
  • DFID’s Congo Basin Forest Fund Governance

    Congo Basin Forest Fund Governance study The
  • image of the Paris declaration evaluation 2008

    DFID’s Paris Declaration Evaluation

    Evaluation of DFID’s performance in
  • DFID: Facilitating Mini Sterns in East Africa

    Assessments of the impacts of climate change in
  • DFID’s Conditionality Policy Study

    Guidance on the application of conditionality
  • Investing in Brighter Futures: UNICEF and Barclays partnership

    Investing in Brighter Futures report Thought
  • DFID’s Support to Fragile States: mapping and literature review

    Mapping of DFID’s Support to Fragile States
  • image of Unicef's report - Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility report image

    Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility Report (UNICEF)

    Study examining the Impact of Climate Change on
  • AUSAID’s Review of Vanuatu Legal Sector Strengthening Project

    Review of Vanuatu Legal Sector Strengthening
  • AUSAID’s Tonga Drivers of Change Study 

    The Study of long-term development trends and
  • Vietnam Monitoring of the Hanoi Core Statement

    Annual review of the implementation of aid
  • DFID’s Reform of the International Aid Architecture

    Synthesis report on the development of the
  • World Bank’s Disasters Response Study

    Disasters synthesis study for the World Bank The
  • DFID: Do safety security and access to justice impact on the MDGs?

    Analysis of safety security and access to justice
  • Guidance on Development Communications for the World Bank

    Guidance on Development Communications for the
  • Dartington Hall Trust’s Landscope Project Review

    Review of Landscope Project for the Dartington
  • DFID’s Review of the business relationship with Gates Foundation

    Review of the business relationship between DFID
  • DFID’s Quality of Performance Management Systems Review

    Review of the Quality of DFID Performance
  • Support to the Commonwealth Foundation

    Strategic Plan and Organisational Development
  • Thought leadership paper for Barclays Corporate Social Responsibility initiative

    Thought leadership paper for Barclays’ new
  • Twin Trading: advice and support

    Providing advice and support to Twin Trading
  • DFID’s guidance on Drivers of Change

    Updating DFID’s guidance on Drivers of
  • Independent Monitoring of the Hanoi Core State on Aid Effectiveness

    Independent Monitoring of the Hanoi Core State on
  • DFID: Scaling up the response to HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

    Scaling up the response to HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
  • The World Bank: BEYOND THE NUMBERS

    Understanding the Institutions for Monitoring
  • Advice on property restitution in the West Bank and Gaza

    Advice on property restitution in the West Bank
  • World Bank’s PRS monitoring systems in Kyrgyzstan

    Advice on PRS monitoring systems in Kyrgyzstan
  • Asian Region Joint Donor Conference on Aid Effectiveness

    Thematic synthesis and country studies for the
  • DFID’s Policy – Does the Country Led Approach deliver results?

    A Synthesis for evidence on the effectiveness of
  • Evaluation of African Conflict Prevention Pool Activities in Zimbabwe

    Evaluation of African Conflict Prevention Pool
  • How Successful are DFID’s programmes in Fragile States?

    Evaluation of DFID’s programmes in Fragile
  • Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change

    An Independent Review of the Economics of
  • AUSAID’s Vanuatu Drivers of Change study

    Drivers of Change study of Vanuatu Agulhas team
  • Developing Poverty Reduction Strategies in Difficult Environments

    Assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs)
  • ‘Going for Growth and Poverty Reduction’ in Our Common Interest Report

    Chapter 7, ‘Going for Growth and Poverty
  • The Commonwealth Foundation’s three year Strategic Plan

    Development of a three year strategic plan for
  • DFID’s Malawi Tikambirane Programme Output to Purpose Review

    Review focussing on the management of the
  • Global Advocacy on Enhancing Revenue transparency in the Extractive Industries

    Measuring revenue transparency: company
  • DFID’s review of Safety and Security Access to Justice Program in Malawi

    Output to Purpose Review of Malawi Safety and
  • DFID’s ‘Drivers of Change’ Review

    Review of the adoption of Drivers of Change
  • Evaluation of the Srebrenica Regional Recovery Programme

    Rights-based evaluation of the Srebrenica
  • DFID’s information management system ‘QUEST’

    Support to the implementation of QUEST
  • Primary Education and Development Programme in Bangladesh

    Support to the Primary Education and Development
  • Design of Joint Donor Framework for private sector advocacy in Ghana

    Design of Joint Donor Framework for Business
  • DFID’s Aid Effectiveness Network Review

    External Review of the DFID Aid Effectiveness
  • International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
  • Irish Aid’s Lesotho Country Programme Review

    Review of Ireland’s country programme in
  • Performance Management Strategy for the Commonwealth Secretariat

    Performance Management Strategy for the
  • Strengthening DFID’s Network capacity

    Review of DFID’s approach to its formal and
  • World Bank’s poverty reduction strategy monitoring systems

    Synthesis of country studies of institutional
  • Evaluation of the DFID/WHO Partnership

    Evaluation of the Department for International
  • DFID’s assistance programme for Pakistan

    Economic advice and support to the DFID
  • DFID’s Review of the National AIDS Commission – Malawi

    Institutional Review of the Malawi National AIDS
  • DFID’s Governance Assessment for Bosnia

    Assessment of governance environment in Bosnia
  • DFID’s programme of devolution to country offices in Central and Latin America.

    Recommendations on plans for devolution of the
  • DFID’s Kenya Political Empowerment Programme Review

    Review of Political Empowerment Programme in
  • DFID’s Governance Assessment Framework for Kenya

    Development of Governance Performance Assessment
  • DFID’s HIV/AIDs review process in Kenya

    Implementation of Joint HIV/AIDs review
  • DFID’s Limpopo Province Education Programme

    Development of Education Systems Support
  • Ireland Aid study: lesson learning and evaluation

    Ireland Aid study supporting lesson-learning from
  • DFID’s Country Assistance Programme to Ghana

    Review of DFID’s Ghana three year programme
  • DFID’s Annual Review of National HIV/AIDS Programme in Kenya

    Support for Design of Joint HIV/AIDs review
  • Development finance for sustainable development goals in middle income Vietnam

    Assessment of Development finance for sustainable
  • Institute for Government – Improving government effectiveness across the world

    Mid term evaluation of NSGI function
  • DFID Country Assistance Programme to Ghana

    Review of DFID Ghana three year programme of
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