Zimbabwe

This chapter presents conclusions and recommendations based on the ADR findings of UNDPs performance and contributions to development results in Zimbabwe. Each of the recommendations builds from the 12 listed conclusions, although not all conclusions have a corresponding recommendation. All of the recommendations are aimed towards UNDP and the implementation of its country programme in Zimbabwe.

I am pleased to present this Assessment of Development Results (ADR) in the Republic of Zimbabwe. This is the first such assessment of UNDP’s work in Zimbabwe. It has been developed by the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP as one in a series of over 90 country-level evaluations worldwide that constitute a vital component in UNDP’s accountability and results-based management system.

This chapter presents an assessment of UNDP’s contributions to development results across each of the three identified programme areas: economic management and sustainable development, citizen participation and good governance, and social sector development and resilient livelihoods. As noted in the previous section, these are the three thematic areas that the country office in Zimbabwe set out in their CPAP for 2012-2015, based on the agreed CPD, and corresponding to the ZUNDAF for this same period. Across each of the thematic areas, UNDP’s work is assessed against the standard UNEG evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability.

The IEO of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducts country evaluations called “Assessments of Development Results (ADRs)” to capture and demonstrate evaluative evidence of UNDP’s contributions to development results at the country level, as well as the effectiveness of UNDP’s strategy to facilitate and leverage national efforts for achieving development results.