German Institute development evaluation

The overriding goal of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit; DEval) is to independently evaluate the performance of German development cooperation interventions.

The institute supports the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and its implementing organisations, especially GIZ (technical cooperation and capacity building) and KfW (financial cooperation), as well as non-governmental bodies in their efforts to design development projects on the basis of evidence, to present project results in a more transparent way and to learn from evaluations the lessons needed for future improvements to policy in this field.