lessons sharing measuring results, OPERATION EVALUATION Tajikistan Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation PRRO 200122: Restoring sustainaBle livelihoods for food insecure people OctoBer 2010- DecemBer 2014 Evaluation Report June 2014 Prepared by: Kris Merschrod, Team Leader/Rural Development Specialist; Sophia Dunn, Lead Writer/Nutrition and Food Security Specialist; Nargiza Mazhidova, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Evaluation Manager: Margaret Stansberry Commissioned by the WFP Office of Evaluation Report number: OEV/2013/021 Report number: OEV/20XX/XXX this number will be inserted by OEV Admin Assistant Acknowledgements The Evaluation Team would like to acknowledge the support of WFP’s CO personnel. They contributed time, effort, frank opinions and overall support for the fieldWork. We also acknowledge the government officials, embassy representatives, UN and NGO staff Who dedicated time to the evaluation by participating in intervieWs. We also sincerely appreciate the time and constructive discourse With the members of local government and village councils. Finally, We would like to thank all of the intervieWees Who, during the Navruz celebration, extended hospitality and generosity of their table. Kris Merschrod, Sophia Dunn and Nargiza Mazhidova. Disclaimer The opinions expressed 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 WFP of the opinions expressed. The designation employed and the presentation of material in the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion Whatsoever on the part of WFP concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers. Evaluation Management Evaluation Manager: Margaret Stansberry, The KonTerra Group Office of Evaluation, WFP: Julie Thoulouzan, OEV Focal Point Claire Conan, Operations Evaluations Project Manager i Table of Contents Operational Factsheet – Tajikistan PRRO 200122 ............................................................. vi Maps .................................................................................................................................................. viii Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... x Section 1: Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Evaluation Features ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Country Context ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Operational Overview ......................................................................................................... 6 2. Evaluation Findings ................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Appropriateness of the operation .................................................................................. 9 2.2 Results of the operation .................................................................................................. 15 2.3 Internal and external factors affecting the results ................................................ 38 3. Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................................. 40 3.1 Overall assessment ........................................................................................................... 40 3.2 Key lessons for the future ............................................................................................... 42 3.3. Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 42 Annexes ............................................................................................................................................ 45 List of Annexes Annex 1: Evaluation Terms of Reference (TOR) ......................................................... 45 Annex 2: Evaluation approach and methodology ....................................................... 64 Annex 3: Evaluation schedule – Rasht (DRD Region) ................................................ 68 Annex 4: Evaluation schedule - Sughd Region ............................................................ 70 Annex 5: Evaluation schedule - Khatlon Region ......................................................... 72 Annex 6: Semi-structured intervieW guides ................................................................ 74 Annex 7: List of key informant intervieWs ................................................................... 81 Annex 8: Evaluation Matrix ......................................................................................... 84 Annex 9: Percentage of food insecure households over time (2008-2010) ................ 89 Annex 10: WFP operations prior to PRRO 200122 .....................................................90 Annex 11: PRRO 200122 original log frame (2010) .................................................... 91 Annex 12: Donor contributions to PRRO 200122 ....................................................... 94 Annex 13: PRRO budget revisions 2010-2013 ............................................................. 95 Annex 14: Livelihood zones of Tajikistan .................................................................... 96 ii Annex 15: Coherence of PRRO with WFP Global Strategies ....................................... 97 Annex 16: WFP Nutrition Policy (2012) priority areas ............................................... 98 Annex 17: WFP Gender Policy (2009) priority areas .................................................. 99 Annex 18: WFP HIV and AIDS Policy (2010) priority areas ....................................... 99 Annex 19: Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) ...................................................................... 100 Annex 20: ReneWed Efforts for Ending Child Hunger and undernutrition (REACH) ............................................................................................................................. 101 Annex 21: Summary of the Food Security Information System (FSIS) Project – FAO and Ministry of Agriculture ................................................................................ 102 Annex 22: Objectives of the Government of Tajikistan’s Food Security Strategy .... 103 Annex 23: Nutrition relevant legislation ................................................................... 104 Annex 24: Planned priorities of the Nutrition and Food Safety Strategy ................. 105 Annex 25: Priorities identified from the Living Standards Improvement Strategy (2013-2015) ......................................................................................................... 106 Annex 26: WFP PRRO Partners (2010-2013) ........................................................... 107 Annex 27: Pillars of the UNDAF (2010-2015) ........................................................... 108 Annex 28: Examples of WFP collaboration with partners ........................................ 109 Annex 29: Emergency responses (2010-2013) .......................................................... 110 Annex 30: Outputs of WFP Food security monitoring ............................................... 111 Annex 31: Measurement of the National Capacity Index (NCI) ................................. 112 Annex 32: Gender disaggregation of cash pilot beneficiaries .................................... 113 Annex 33: Gender differences during cash pilot project ............................................ 114 Annex 34: Community Asset Score Methodology ...................................................... 115 Annex 35: Total output of FFA activities (2010-2013) ............................................... 116 Annex 36: Change in Community Asset Score (CAS) ................................................ 118 Annex 37: PRRO 200122 Outcome Table ................................................................... 119 Annex 38: Progress toWards gender equality indicators ........................................... 120 Annex 39: Bibliography ............................................................................................... 121 iii List of Tables Table 1: PRRO 200122 Objectives ................................................................................. 7 Table 2: PRRO planned beneficiaries by activity .......................................................... 7 Table 3: Outputs achieved (2010-2013) ...................................................................... 15 Table 4: Summary of outcomes achieved .................................................................... 16 Table 5: EMR beneficiaries .......................................................................................... 17 Table 6: EMR Food ration ............................................................................................ 17 Table 7: VGF Targeting Criteria .................................................................................. 18 Table 8: VGF Beneficiaries (actual) ............................................................................. 19 Table 9: VGF Ration ....................................................................................................