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World Food Programme A Report from the Office of Evaluation Full Report of the Evaluation of AFGHANISTAN PRRO 10233 April 2004 Rome, December 2004 Ref. OEDE/2005/1 Full Report of the Evaluation of Afghanistan PRRO 10233 Acknowledgement The evaluation team visited Afghanistan from 16 May to 7 June 2004. This document was prepared by the mission team leader on the basis of the mission’s work in the field. On behalf of the team, the author wishes to extend thanks to all those who facilitated the team’s work in the field and in Headquarters. Responsibility for the opinions expressed in this report rests solely with the authors. Publication of this document does not imply endorsement by WFP of the opinions expressed. Mission Composition Alice Carloni, Team Leader, FAO Investment Center Bernard Broughton, Consultant Peter Sloane, Consultant Silvia Kaufmann, Consultant Fazalkarim Najimi, Consultant Jonas Lindholm, WFP Resource Person Pernille Hougesen, Evaluation Manager Salem Shah, Government Representative i Full Report of the Evaluation of Afghanistan PRRO 10233 Acronyms AAD AfghanAid ACORD Afghanistan Country Office Recording Database AEZ Agro-ecological Zone AFA Afghani currency (1 Afghani = USD 0.02) AO Area Office ARGOS A satellite-based data monitoring system for remote area schools Ashara Community self-help labour CDC Community Development Council CFW Cash-for-Work CLS Collecte Localisation Satellites (Tolouse, France) CO Country Office CSB Corn-soybean blend DDR Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration DoE Department of Education (Provincial) DoH Department of Health (Provincial) EMIS Education Management Information System EMOP Emergency Operation FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization FFE Food-for-Education FFT Food-for-Training FFW Food-for-Work FoodAC Food-for-Asset-Creation FTSS Food for Teacher Salary Supplement FTT Food for Teacher Training HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ /acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ICRC International Council of Red Cross IDP Internally Displaced Person IF-TB Institutional Feeding for Tuberculosis Treatment IOM International Organization for Migration IP Implementing Partner M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MAAH Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry manteqa A cluster of villages [customary Afghan social and territorial unit] MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MoE Ministry of Education MoH Ministry of Health MoP Ministry of Planning MRRD Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Development MSF Médecins sans Frontières MT Metric tons NAC Norwegian Agricultural Committee NDF National Development Framework ii Full Report of the Evaluation of Afghanistan PRRO 10233 NEEP National Emergency Employment Programme (World Bank financed) NFE Non-formal Education NRVA National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment NSP National Solidarity Programme (World Bank financed) OEDE Office of Executive Director – Evaluation OEDP Office of Executive Director – Programming OP Operational Plan PAC Project Approval Committee PCU Project Coordination Unit (FFE, in MoE) PDM Post-distribution Monitoring PRRO Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation PRROdoc PRRO 10233 Project Design Document PTA Parent Teacher Association RV Rural Vulnerable SCF School Feeding Shura Traditional local government council Shura-e manteqa Traditional local government council for a cluster of villages SO Sub-Office SP (WFP) Strategic Priority TAP Transitional Action Plan TB Tuberculosis TISA Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDCP UN Drug Control Programme UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UN-HABITAT United Nations Agency for Human Settlements Programme UNHCR UN High Commission for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Fund for Children UNODC UN Office on Drugs and Crime UNOPS United Nations Office of Project Services UV Urban Vulnerable VAM Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WSB Wheat-soybean blend iii Full Report of the Evaluation of Afghanistan PRRO 10233 Table of Contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................vi 1. EVALUATION SCOPE AND METHOD....................................................................1 2. CONTEXT FOR PRRO 10233..............................................................................1 2.1 Country Context.......................................................................................................1 2.2 Design......................................................................................................................2 3. RESULTS LEVEL 1 - OUTPUTS........................................................................4 3.1 Resourcing...............................................................................................................4 3.2 Programming............................................................................................................6 3.3 Pipeline and Logistics..............................................................................................7 3.4 Distribution..............................................................................................................7 3.5 Recipients and Beneficiaries....................................................................................9 4. RESULTS BY ACTIVITY..................................................................................11 4.1 Food-for-Work ......................................................................................................11 4.2 Support for Returnees.............................................................................................23 4.3 Assistance to IDPs in Camps..................................................................................25 4.4 Rural Vulnerable....................................................................................................27 4.5 Urban Vulnerable...................................................................................................29 4.6 Food for Education.................................................................................................30 4.7 Food for Training/Non formal Education...............................................................39 4.8 Nutrition and Health-related Activities .................................................................41 4.9 Capacity Building...................................................................................................44 5. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, TARGETING AND MONITORING....45 5.1 Linkage between Vulnerability Assessment and Programming..............................45 5.2 Targeting................................................................................................................48 5.3 Monitoring...........................................................................................................................49 6. FUTURE DIRECTIONS.....................................................................................51 6.1 Setting Realistic Objectives....................................................................................51 6.2 Exit Strategies........................................................................................................52 6.3 Connectedness and Partnership..............................................................................53 6.4 Enhanced Awareness of Potential Impacts of Food Aid on Production, Markets and Prices ................................................................................................54 iv Full Report of the Evaluation of Afghanistan PRRO 10233 6.5 Food Aid and Livelihood Recovery.......................................................................56 6.6 Making Good on WFP Commitments to Women...................................................57 6.7 The PRRO as a Category.......................................................................................60 6.8 WFP’s Future Programme in Afghanistan.....................................................................60 TEXT TABLES 1. WFP Afghanistan Portfolio 2000-2005....................................................................3 2. Fit between Project Design, National Priorities and WFP Strategic Priorities..........4 3. Afghanistan PRRO 10233.0 Resourcing Situation...................................................5 4. Variance between Project Document and Operational Plan regarding year 1 PRRO Resource Requirement (MT) and Planned Beneficiaries..........................................6 5. Planned versus actual MT PRRO year 1..................................................................7 6. Operational Plan versus Actual Food Despatch and Beneficiaries by Activity........8 7. Reasons for Under-Delivery.....................................................................................9 8. Problems with Beneficiary Numbers......................................................................10 9. Assessed Needs, Requirements and FFW Allocation by Food Security Categories...........13 10. Assets created – Physical Outputs April 2003 to March 2004................................16 11. Preference for Food versus Cash Assistance by Wealth Group and Season...........22 12. Comparison of Bakery Parameters – March 2004..................................................30 13. Enrolment of Children Aged 7-13, 2002-2003.......................................................32