WASH Organizations with Independent Evaluations

Editors Note: This guest post was authored by Susan Davis. Susan is the executive director of Improve International, an organization focused on promoting and facilitating independent evaluations of WASH programs to help the sector improve. She has more than 13 years of experience in international development and has evaluated WASH and other programs in 15 developing countries. A version of this post originally appeared here.

WASH organizations with independent evaluations

A couple of months ago, we published a blog at Improve International on assembling a list of WASH organizations with independent evaluations. We are working with WASHfunders to incorporate this information into WASHfunders.org, but in the meantime, based on popular demand, we’re sharing the list of organizations with independent evaluations (out of the approximately 550 WASH organizations identified). We understand this list is not complete or comprehensive. Rather, it is a list of evaluations that we assembled using the tools that a regular donor would have — web searches and word of mouth.

Has your organization recently conducted an independent evaluation? Would you like to tell us about it or to be included in this list? Send an e-mail to  sdavis@improveinternational.org or  WASHfunders@foundationcenter.org with a link to the report.

Organization Evaluations found Most recent evaluation found
Action Against Hunger Dutch Water and Sanitation Programme in Bong County 2004-2005. External Evaluation of the Social Approach of the Water and Sanitation Programme

2005
Aga Khan Development Network Social Norms and Social Exclusion. Reaching the Poor: Programs of the Aga Khan Development Network. 1999

1999
The Aga Khan Rural Support Program in Pakistan: Is it Succeeding? Is it Replicable?
American Red Cross Mid-term Survey and Evaluation of American Red Cross Sponsored Community Reconstruction of Water and Sanitation: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala Central American Operations. February 2001

2009
Evaluation of the Health Impact of the American Red Cross Sponsored Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Reconstruction Program in Communities Affected by Hurricane Mitch Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. February 2002
Evaluation of the Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch February 12 – 27, 2006
Evaluation of the Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch Second Sustainability Survey February 14–March 5, 2009
AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) Evaluation of the 2007 Water of Life Projects in Africa

2007
ARBAN (Association for Realization of Basic Needs) – Bangladesh Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
ASD (Assistance for Slum Dwellers) Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
Asian Development Bank Evaluation on Urban Services and Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Viet Nam 2009

2009
Asociacion Hondurena de Juntas Administradoras de Sistemas de Agua (AHJASA) Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Chlorine Bank Program for Sustainable Water Disinfection in Rural Honduras 2010

2010
BAWPA (Bangladesh Agricultural Working Peoples’ Association) Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
CARE Community Watershed Partnership: Kenya Water for Schools Project. Evaluation Report. 2006

2011
Sustaining School Handwashing and Water Treatment: Lessons Learned and to be Learned. 2008
External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008
CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children and World Vision Indonesia. Joint Evaluation of Their Responses to the Yogyakarta Earthquake July 2007
Final Pupil Assessment: Changing Children’s Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Outcomes. 2009
Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial. 2011
CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) Evaluation of the DEC-funded CAFOD Health and WASH Project in the DRC January 2010

2010
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children and World Vision Indonesia. Joint Evaluation of Their Responses to the Yogyakarta Earthquake. July 2007

2008
External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Center for Global Health Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration:
United States Government

2011
COCEPRADIL (Honduras) Water Partners International Community Water Systems Sustainability Evaluation Lempira, Honduras. October 2006

2011
Organizational Evaluation of COCEPRADIL: Water & Sanitation Accountability Forum. 2011
DSK (Dushtha Shashthya Kendra) Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
Food for the Hungry (FHI) External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008

2008
Global Water Partnership Global Water Partnership Joint Donor External Evaluation. Final Report. 26 March 2008

2008
Hagar International Independent Evaluation of the Biosand Water Filter in Rural Cambodia: Sustainability, Health Impact and Water Quality. 2008

2008
Hope 2020 External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008

2008
International Water and Sanitation Center (IRC) Executive Summary of external evaluation IRC Business Plan 2007 to 2011

2011
The External Evaluation Report commissioned by IRC on the West Nile WASH Accountability project. 2010
Millennium Water Alliance External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008

2008
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) External Evaluation of the NCA WASH Programme in Darfur With Special Focus on IDP Camps in Zalingei. 2010

2010
Oxfam International Summary of the Independent Evaluation of the Oxfam International Aceh and Nias Tsunami and Earthquake Response. December 2004 – January 2006

2006
PlayPumps International An Evaluation of the PlayPump® Water System as an Appropriate Technology for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes. 2007

2008
Mission Report on the Evaluation of the PlayPumps installed in Mozambique 2008
RoundAbout / PlayPumps International Africa An Evaluation of the PlayPump® Water System as an Appropriate Technology for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes. 2007

2008
Mission Report on the Evaluation of the PlayPumps installed in Mozambique 2008
PHULKI Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
Polio Eradication Evaluation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative: Report on the independent evaluation of the major barriers to interrupting Poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan. 2009

2009
PRODIPAN Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
PSTC (Population Services and Training Centre) Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2003
Save the Children CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children and World Vision Indonesia. Joint Evaluation of Their Responses to the Yogyakarta Earthquake. July 2007

2008
Mission Report on the Evaluation of the PlayPumps installed in Mozambique 2008
Save the Children Alliance, Tsunami Response Programme in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Somalia Mid-Term Evaluation Report. June 2008
Society for Family Health (PSI affiliate) SAFE WATER SYSTEMS: An Evaluation of the Zambia CLORIN Program FINAL REPORT 26 September 2004

2004
UN-Habitat External Evaluation of UN-HABITAT’s Water and Sanitation Trust Fund. PART 1: Synthesis Report. 2011

2011
UNICEF UNICEF’s Programme for Water and Sanitation in Central America 1996Report of the Evaluation of the Government of Rwanda – UNICEF Water and Environmental Sanitation Programme. January 2001.

2008
Evaluation of the Strategic Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion for Schools. Pilot Projects Nkhata Bay and Kasungu Districts. August 2004
Mission Report on the Evaluation of the PlayPumps installed in Mozambique 2008
Multiple WASH evaluations (not clear whether they are all independent/ external)
United Nations Development Group Iraq Trust Fund Independent Evaluation of ITF Project E3-12b: Rehabilitation of Takia Water Distribution System. March 2010

2010
Ushahidi Haiti Independent Evaluation of the Ushahidi Haiti Project

2011
Water Action External Program Evaluation: Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program. In Ethiopia 2008

2008
WaterAid Water Sanitation & Hygiene in Bangladeshi Slums: Evaluation of WaterAid Bangladesh Urban Programme. 2003

2007
Evaluation of the 2007 Water of Life Projects in Africa
World Bank Water & Sanitation Programme (WSP) Multiple evaluations by Independent Evaluation Group

2010
An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 1997-2007, Volume 1
World Vision CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children and World Vision Indonesia Joint Evaluation of Their Responses to the Yogyakarta Earthquake July 2007

2007