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BASED DECISION MAKING DECISION BASED - Prepared DECENTRALIZED EVALUATION FOR EVIDENCE FOR EVALUATION DECENTRALIZED Decentralized Evaluation Gambia DEV 200327: Establishing the Foundation for a Nationally Owned Sustainable School Feeding Programme in the Gambia From 2012 to 2017 Evaluation Report August 2018 The WFP Gambia Country Office Evaluation Manager: MamYassin Ceesay Prepared by Cristina Murphy, Team Leader Aubert Fret, team member Falie C.K. Baldeh, team member Juan Camilo Prieto, team member Acknowledgements The evaluation team wishes to thank the WFP team at the CO in Banjul for their availability and their support during this evaluation. The ET is also grateful to the various responsible persons and staff members it met at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education who were equally helpful. The evaluation team also acknowledges the assistance and contributions received from the RED personnel in the various regions, as well as from the school personnel in the different schools it visited. The ET found all persons met to be very cooperative and motivated and wishes to thank them all very sincerely. The ET wishes to express its hope that the present evaluation report may contribute in a significant way to the strengthening of the ongoing process to transform the present SFP in The Gambia into a truly sustainable and nationally owned school feeding programme. Disclaimer The opinions expressed in this report are those of the Evaluation Team, and do not necessarily reflect those of the World Food Programme. Responsibility for the opinions expressed in this report rests solely with the authors. Publication of this document does not imply endorsement by the WFP regarding the opinions expressed hereinafter. The designation employed and the presentation of material within the maps do not imply the opinion on behalf of the WFP concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or maritime area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers. Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ i 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Overview of the Evaluation ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. Context ................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2.1 Poverty, Food Insecurity and Nutrition .................................................................................... 3 1.2.2 Government Policies, Priorities and Capacity ......................................................................... 4 1.2.3 Education and Gender ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2.4 International Assistance............................................................................................................. 5 1.3. Evaluation Methodology and Limitations ........................................................................................ 5 2. Evaluation Findings ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.1. Relevance ............................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Effectiveness ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Efficiency............................................................................................................................................. 21 2.4. Impact ................................................................................................................................................. 24 2.5. Sustainability ...................................................................................................................................... 28 3. Conclusions and Recommendations .......................................................................................... 31 3.1. Overall Assessment and Conclusion .............................................................................................. 31 3.2. Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 37 4. A Story Worth Telling ................................................................................................................... 40 Annexes................................................................................................................................................. 41 Annex 1: Terms of Reference .............................................................................................................. 41 Annex 2: Evaluation Matrix ................................................................................................................. 70 Annex 3: Documents Reviewed .......................................................................................................... 82 Annex 4: Stakeholders Interviewed ................................................................................................... 86 Annex 5: Data Collection Tools ........................................................................................................... 91 Annex 6: Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 103 Annex 7: Mission agenda: meetings and visit to schools ............................................................... 108 Annex 8: The five international evaluation criteria for DEV 200327 ............................................. 112 ii Annex 9: Three distinct major aspects of evaluation focus ..........................................................113 Annex 10: Stakeholder analysis and mapping ............................................................................... 114 Annex 11: Recommendations of the Mid-term Evaluation ........................................................... 116 Annex 12: Relevant Figures of the SFP ............................................................................................ 120 Annex 13. List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................. 124 Annex 14: Additional remarks to recommendations of the evaluation ..................................... 126 Annex 15: Food Management Committee: composition and roles .............................................. 127 Annex 16: Other interventions in The Gambia .............................................................................. 130 Annex 17: Evaluation Methodology ................................................................................................. 132 Annex 18: SABER School Feeding ...................................................................................................... 151 Annex 19: Stakeholder analysis and mapping ............................................................................... 155 Annex 20: Evaluation questions, sources of information, and methods of analysis, according to each criterion and evaluation question ......................................................................................... 157 Annex 21: Outcomes of Education in 11 selected districts of The Gambia .. 170 Annex 22: Mode of calculation of the value of the local purchases in the cbt community management modality of school feeding ....................................................................................... 174 Table of Figures Figure 1.1 - Evaluation Phases and Timeline .................................................................................................... 7 Table of tables. Table 2.1 - Percentage of Pupil’s Entrants in Grade 1 with ECD Experience in Selected Districts .......... 12 Table 2.2 - Capacity Development: Results of SABER Assessments ........................................................... 15 Table 2.3 - Capacity Development: Target and Results ................................................................................ 16 Table 2.4 - School feeding programme: targets and results ........................................................................ 17 Table 2.5 - Timeline, Funding and Shortfalls .................................................................................................. 18 Table 2.6 -School Feeding Modalities in The Gambia ................................................................................... 22 Table 2.7 - Cost Efficiency of School Feeding ................................................................................................. 23 Table 2.8 - Cost of School Feeding in Low-income African Countries ........................................................ 24 Table 2.9 - Value of the Meals Delivered to School Children ....................................................................... 25 Table 2.10 - Contribution of School Meals Per Wealth Group ..................................................................... 25 Executive Summary 1. The objectives of evaluating the project «Establishing the Foundation for a Nationally Owned Sustainable School