Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

Table of Contents

• SECTION 1: 20
• Introduction and overview 20
• Purpose and scope of the evaluation 20
• Framework of evaluation questions and issues 23
• Approach and methods 23
• Report structure 24
• SECTION 2: 25
• The nature and causes of the humanitarian crisis 25
• Compound risk and vulnerability 29
• Implications for the role of the humanitarian system 32
• SECTION 3: 35
• The aid response: preparedness, transition, scale-up 35
• Humanitarian context January to August 2021 35
• Humanitarian system preparedness 36
• Impact of transition on the aid system 37
• Scale up and shift of aid engagement model 38
• Strategic transition 42
• SECTION 4: 44
• The aid response: coverage, relevance, effectiveness 44
• The Food Security and Livelihoods response 45
• The Health response 47
• The Nutrition response 49
• The WASH response 50
• The Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item response 51
• The Protection response 52
• Elements of the protection response 53
• The Education response 55
• SECTION 5: 59
• Accountability, feedback and management of aid risks 59
• Introduction 59
• Accountability to donors 59
• Accountability to affected populations 59
• Feedback from community consultation 61
• The role of local authorities and local authorities 62
• Overall findings from the Community Consultation 62
• Aid capture, corruption, and diversion 63
• SECTION 6: 65
• Politics, principles and engagement 65
• Introduction 65
• Politics and the aid environment 65
• Applying principles and addressing aid dilemmas 67
• A divided humanitarian system 69
• Engagement with the De Facto Authorities 71
• De facto Authorities intervention in humanitarian operations 73
• Challenges in negotiating access 74
• SECTION 7: 77
• Conclusions, lessons and recommendations 77