Impact Assessment of Innovative Humanitarian Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Impact Assessment of Innovative Humanitarian Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa research initiative was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our research focused on the development and application of a participatory assessment toolkit to measure the impact of four Gates funded projects in Africa. All four projects have taken an integrated livelihoods approach to alleviating the immediate needs of the affected communities, and to addressing the longer-term vulnerability issues resulting in famine and food insecurity.

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Originally released in 2009, this updated version...

Andy Catley, John Burns, Dawit Abebe, Omeno Suji

• March 2014

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Drawing upon this experience, this guide aims...

Andy Catley, John Burns, Dawit Abebe

• October 2008

This report is the outcome of an impact assessment of the ‘Pastoralist Survival and Recovery Project’ implemented by Lutheran World Relief and partners in North Dakoro, Niger. The assessment is...

John Burns, Omeno Suji, Alexa Reynolds

• April 2008

This report is the outcome of an impact assessment of the ‘Chical Integrated Recovery Action Project’ an integrated livelihoods and drought mitigation intervention implemented by Africare in the Tillaberi region...

John Burns, Omeno Suji

• November 2007

This study was an impact assessment of the ‘Zimbabwe Dams and Gardens’ Project’ a community based famine prevention and mitigation intervention being implemented by CARE International in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe....

John Burns, Omeno Suji

• September 2007

This study was an impact assessment of the “Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action Project” (GIRA) a drought recovery and famine mitigation intervention being implemented by Africare in the Midlands Province of...

John Burns, Omeno Suji

• August 2007