Clients. Oxfam Great Britain (GB)

Period. 2015-2019

Locations. Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Sectors. Participatory governance and citizenship; climate change adaptation and resilience; urban WASH

Oxfam GB has adopted PIALA for impact evaluations as part of its global Effectiveness Review (ER) series.

Pakistan (2017-2018)

Assessment of the effectiveness of citizen engagement in urban WASH governance with regards to meeting communities’ WASH priorities, changing relationships between/within communities and local government, and creating equitable and sustainable access to water in the new urban settlements in Sindh and Punjab. The evaluation was commissioned one year after project closure as part of Oxfam’s new global outcome area “Sustainable Water”.

Bangladesh (2018-2019)

Assessment of Oxfam’s contributions to strengthening Bangladesh’s national climate resilience through effective policy change for sustainable brick production and consumption. The evaluation is being conducted six months prior to project termination and investigating the country’s absorptive, adaptive and transformative potential (drawing on Oxfam’s resilience framework) for making the shift to alternative bricks.

Myanmar (2015-2016)

Assessment of the effectiveness and sustainability of citizen membership organisations for building resilience in the Dry Zone area 18 months after project closure. The Dry Zone is an area that spans from lower Sagaing region to the western and central parts of Mandalay region and most of Magway region, where approximately one-quarter of the country’s population is living. Situated in the shadow of the Rakhine mountain range, the land is very dry and heavily by climate change.

Methods

• PIALA

• Systemic Theory of Change

• Participatory Statistics

• Constituent Voice

• Configurational Analysis

• Contribution Tracing

• Participatory Sense-Making

Publications

Van Hemelrijck (2017). Governance in Myanmar: Evaluation of the ‘Building equitable and resilient livelihoods in the Dry Zone’ project. Oxfam GB.

Van Hemelrijck, A. (2017). Walking the talk with Participatory Impact Assessment Learning Approach (PIALA) in Myanmar. Oxfam Policy & Practice.

Van Hemelrijck, A. (2018). Urban WASH Governance in Pakistan. Evaluation of the “Improving Urban WASH Governance and Accountability” (IUWGA) Project in Punjab and Sindh. Oxfam GB.

Van Hemelrijck, A. (2019). Resilience in Bangladesh. Impact Evaluation of the Promoting Sustainable Building in Bangladesh (PSBiB) Project. (Effectiveness Review Series 2018/2019.). Oxfam GB