Evaluations of humanitarian aid in response to the 1999 Kosovo Crisis: Synthesis and meta-evaluation

 In June 2000, aware of the opportunity provided by the sizeable emerging cluster of evaluative reports of the humanitarian response to the 1999 Kosovo Crisis, ALNAP commissioned an analytical overview (synthesis and meta-evaluation) of evaluative reports of humanitarian action undertaken within this single context. That original analysis, prepared by Professor Raymond Apthorpe, provided the background paper for the ALNAP October 2000 symposium. This chapter expands on that analysis to reflect issues raised by symposiasts (including ALNAP members) and incorporate evaluative reports published since.

Its twin tasks are to:

1. summarise the principal findings and recommendations by means of synthesis;
2. assess the quality of the reports through meta-evaluation.