The World Bank commissioned Universalia to carry-out this Independent External Evaluation of the DMF for Low Income Countries (LICs). The objectives of this evaluation were to 1) analyze the context within which DMF is operating and the implications for its overall performance; 2) evaluate results...
Universalia has been contracted by the MasterCard Foundation to conduct the mid-term review of the YouthSave Initiative, a landmark global study on sustainable delivery of savings services to youth in four countries across three continents (Africa; Asia and Latin North America). The aim of the mid-...
Universalia completed a review of the portfolio of grants in support of gender equality and women’s leadership allocated by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) between 2005-2012 to determine the type of gender equality outputs generated by its investments in this field and their contribution to the RF’...
The 100th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Foundation gives the opportunity to build on the Foundation’s strengths and its legacy to provide leadership, use its convening power, deploy its intellectual capital, and apply its grantmaking to develop and promote game-changing ideas and innovations that...
The water and sanitation program is an international partnership which aims to provide increased access to improved water and sanitation services for poor people living in rural and urban areas across the world. The objectives of this mid-term evaluation were to assess the implementation progress...
Universalia was commissioned by the General Secretariat of the Organization of North American States (DPE/GS/OAS) to evaluate the OAS/CIDA Cooperation Plan 2008-2011, financed by the Canadian Agency for International Development (CIDA). During this evaluation, Universalia assessed the efficiency...
Universalia was contracted to carry out an external final evaluation of the GAP. The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Gender Action Plan “Gender Equality as Smart Economics” (GAP) was launched in January 2007. The GAP’s main objective is to expand women’s economic opportunities by mainstreaming gender in...
The AGI promotes the transition of adolescent girls from school to productive employment through interventions that are tested, and then scaled-up or replicated if successful. AGI is being implemented in eight (mostly conflict or post conflict) countries. Universalia was contracted to carry out an...
Universalia was contracted by UN Women to support the development of Performance Measurement Frameworks (PMFs) for two UN Women programmes. 1) The CIDA funded UN Women programme Action to Promote the Legal Empowerment of Women in the Context of HIV and AIDS integrates 20 individual community level...
Universalia was commissioned by the Inter-North American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to evaluate the management of the project, as well as its efficiency and effectiveness. This summative evaluation was intended to provide a critical analysis of the project’s formulation, design and...