HC Deb 27 April 1998 vol 311 cc36-8W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list those projects funded by her Department which were the subject

Sector Project Publication
Privatisation: Assistance to components of the Russian privatisation programme Already published
Population: Kenya Population III project Already published
Higher Education: Final Synthesis Study Already published
Emergency Aid: Final Synthesis Study Already published
Primary Education: Primary Education Project in Kenya Due for publication in June 1998
Indonesia Active Learning and Professional Support Project Publication date June 1998
Andhra Pradesh Primary Education Project Publication date October 1998
Final Synthesis Study Publication date October 1998
Small Enterprise Development British Assistance to Small Enterprises Programme in Kenya: Enterprise Education in Slovakia; Russian Agency; and Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee All are due for publication around July 1998
Police Projects Assistance programmes to Namibia, Indonesia and Uganda All are due for publication around July 1998

Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many copies of reports by her Department's Evaluating Department on Project Completion were requested by outside bodies in 1997–98. [39758]

Mr. Foulkes

The Evaluation Department very seldom receives external requests for individual Department for International Development Project Completion Reports, none of which is publicly available since, unlikeex post evaluation reports, they are not cleared with the recipient governments. But we do make publicly available our periodic synthesis analyses of the broad findings of the most recent batches of Project Completion Reports. In 1997–98 a total of 158 copies of our ex post evaluation reports were sent out in response to external requests.

Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which projects funded by her Department will be subject to full retrospective impact evaluations in 1998–99. [39762]

Mr. Foulkes

We are still in the process of identifying individual projects for full retrospective impact evaluation in 1998–99 once residual work on the previous programme is complete. Initially the new work will focus predominantly on two broad themes: sustainable rural livelihoods; and the strengthening of revenue collection systems. Subsequently we shall turn our attention to three additional themes: gender; the public sector and the role of the state; and participatory approaches. Work from the previous programme due for completion and publication in 1998–99 includes the following:

Natural Resources Research: final Synthesis Study.Small Enterprise Development: final Synthesis Study.Police Projects: final Synthesis Study.Environment: country studies covering a range of projects in India, China, Brazil, Kenya and Tanzania; and final Synthesis Study.Poverty Reduction: country studies covering a range of projects in India, Uganda, Zambia, and Mozambique; and the final Synthesis Study.

of full retrospective impact evaluations in 1997–98; and when she will publish the results. [39760]

Mr. Foulkes

Projects subject to full retrospective impact evaluations in 1997–98 included the following: