Mrs. Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what systems are used to audit the effectivenessof sector-wide approaches to donor funding; and if she will publish reports she has commissioned into the effectiveness ofsector-wide approaches. [76897]Clare Short: DFID assesses the effectiveness of its support for sector-wide approaches (SWAps) in the same way as it does for allforms of assistance, namely through a combination of regular monitoring by the relevant programme team and by independent evaluationand research. Reports, such as the forthcoming Basic Education Evaluation that considers the effectiveness of Education SWAps, willbe published on completion. A growing body of literature is already available publicly--for example on the Overseas DevelopmentInstitute's site www.odi.org.uk/pppg/ cape/advisory/swaps.html.