Evaluation of the WFP Tajikistan Country Strategic Plan 2023-2026

This independant evaluation of WFP Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in Tajikistan assesses the strategic positionning, added-value and results of WFP operations in the Country from 2021 to 2025.

The evaluation serves the double purpose of accountability (performance and result assessment) and learning (why certain results occurred or not, lessons and evidence for decision-making). It is envisioned that the evaluation will inform the design of the new CSP for Tajikistan, which is scheduled for Executive Board consideration in November 2026.

CSP key sectors and activities include:

• Emergency preparedness
• School feeding
• Malnutrition prevention and treatment
• Livelihoods activities, asset creation and climate change adaptation
• Social protection
• Institutional capacity strengthening

Cross-cutting themes included: Gender equality and empowerment of women (GEEW), accountability to affected populations (AAP), WFP partnership strategy

The evaluation employs a mixed-method approach that triangulates qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources. For this purpose, the evaluation team is conducting interviews with different stakeholders including WFP staff at HQ, regional and country level, WFP cooperating partners, donors, UN agencies, government entities as well as focus group discussions with the beneficiaries.