World Vision International (WVI)
TANGO acted as a team leader in designing and executing the final evaluation of World Vision’s final evaluation of their poverty reduction programming. Specifically, TANGO designed a timeline and qualitative and quantitative surveys, in addition to training staff in relevant data collection techniques. This was done after an extensive review of the project, including its mid-term evaluation was completed. TANGO compiled a final evaluation report that synthesized the findings of the data collected in the field.
Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC) Methodology
World Food Programme (WFP)
TANGO provided technical assistance to the World Food Programme (WFP) and their partner institutions in reviewing the methodologies of their regional and national Vulnerability Assessment Committees (RVAC & NVAC). The various approaches sought to provide varied indicators in data collection through qualitative and quantitative methodologies at the household, regional, and national levels. TANGO reviewed each of these approaches in nine different countries, determining the appropriateness and effectiveness of each methodology to answer cross-cutting issues such as linkage of food security to poverty, health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, water and sanitation, and education. In addition to examining the appropriateness of data collection methods on the ground, TANGO also reviewed how well the results informed policy and decision-makers.
Final Evaluation of Phase II of the EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme
Feb 2009 - Present TANGO, with collaboration from two FAO consultants, led the final evaluation of FAO’s Food Security Information for Action (FSIA) programme. The programme sought to build the food security information systems of 17 countries across the world through a variety of capacity development exercises and food security tools and materials development and implementation. After outlining the evaluation process in an inception report, relevant literature was reviewed and ten case studies were conducted in order to provide an accurate and comprehensive evaluation of the FAO FSIA programme. Evaluation of World Vision Myanmar's Emergency Response to Cyclone Nargis
Feb 2009 - Apr 2009 Cyclone Nargis was one of the most devastating disaster of 2008, affecting thousands of households in the delta region of Myanmar. T ANGO recently evaluated World Vision Myanmar's emergency response to Cyclone Nargis. The focus of World Vision Myanmar's intervention for the emergency response was on food, temporary shelter, water and sanitation, provision and facilitation of access to health services, emergency livelihood assistance, and child protection. TANGO employed a mixed quantitative and qualitative methods approach to evaluate the impact of World Vision Myanmar's response to the emergency, providing clear evidence of project impact as well as guidance for future relief and development programming based on the results of the evaluation. Preliminary Impact Evaluation of the Transitional Shelter Programme in Aceh Province, Indonesia
Jul 2007 - Aug 2007 In July 2007 TANGO International evaluated the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) Transitional Shelter Programme (TSP). Over 16,500 shelters were constructed in the wake of the December 2004 tsunami by IFRC and their implementing partners. The evaluation utilized quantitative methods to determine demographic profiles of beneficiaries, level of access to basic support services, overall beneficiary satisfaction, and future housing plans of beneficiaries.
Download this publication Consortium for the Southern Africa Food Security Emergency End of Project Evaluation
Regional (East and Southern Africa) Aug 2006 - Oct 2006 The Consortium for the Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE) was a USAID-funded multi-country, multi-agency drought response based on development relief principles that concluded operations in late 2006. On behalf of World Vision, the lead member for C-SAFE, TANGO conducted the final evaluation of C-SAFE’s central management unit and country programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Lesotho and made recommendations for future development relief interventions. The qualitative evaluation looked at the strengths and weaknesses of the consortium, the international food delivery architecture, and the overall impact the project had on target communities. The evaluation team used mixed assessment methods to capture impact indicators at local and regional levels to determine the extent to which goals and objectives had been met. The products of this evaluation were country-specific reports as well as synthesis reports for the consortium at large.
WV Sri Lanka Baseline Survey Tsunami Response Team
Sri Lanka Feb 2006 - May 2007 TANGO implemented a baseline survey for World Vision’s Sri Lanka Tsunami Response Team which included designing the survey and tools, training in data collection techniques using PDAs, and analysis and reporting. TANGO provided further assistance by evaluating WV’s Tsunami Response Team in May 2007. TANGO designed the sampling frame, reviewed the data collection tools, trained enumerators and programmed PDAs to enable PDA-based data collection. After a thorough analysis, TANGO generated a comprehensive, evidence-based report measuring the impact and making recommendations for programming to address tsunami relief and recovery in target communities.
CONCERN Worldwide: Livelihood Security Programme Planning and Monitoring Group
Mar 2005 - Apr 2005 CONCERN
TANGO provided technical assistance to Concern Worldwide in performing a Meta-Evaluation of their work carried out between 2000 and 2004. The purpose of this evaluation was to identify the organization's achievments in terms of poverty reduction by Concern Worldwide Livelihoods Security Programme in order to inform future programming. Specifically, TANGO analyzed previous evaluations in order to synthesize lessons learned as well as identify strengths and weaknesses of programme design and management.
End of Project Review: Capturing the Lessons Learned
Bangladesh Jan 2005 - Feb 2005 CARE
TANGO performed an end of project review for CARE-Bangladesh in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the programming and its development in addition to providing indication of the extent and effectiveness of the use of past monitoring and evaluation and Livelihood Monitoring data in programming. A component of this was the facilitation of a participatory assessment by CARE staff on the relevance, measurability, and replica ability of key indicators included in the baseline survey. The projects being evaluated extended over a period of two years and placed the poor and vulnerable at the heart of the organization’s work, utilizing a rights-based approach that addresses the root causes of poverty and injustice and sought to promote quality education and governance.
Final Evaluation of the Maternal and Infant Survival Program (MISP)
India Jan 2005 - Feb 2005 CARE
The Maternal and Infant Survival Program (MISP) has been operating in India since 1996. The goal of the project was to bring sustainable and qualitative improvement in the health and nutrition status of pregnant women and lactating mothers and their children less than 2 years old by increasing their access to health care services, health information, and supplementary food. TANGO Int’l performed the final evaluation of the project, reviewing the impacts and effectiveness of the program with the intention of utilizing the achievements to inform the development of a proposal based on MISP best practices.
Tajikistan Rural Poverty Reduction Project
Tajikistan Dec 2004 - Mar 2005 CARE
TANGO prepared a Project Impact Assessment Report for the collaborative poverty reduction project performed with the cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Tajikistan (GoT), and CARE-Tajikistan. The project utilized innovative poverty-oriented and on and off-farm interventions that may be replicated in a larger scale in the future. The objective was to increase the capacity of vulnerable households to meet their basic needs by improving agricultural production and increasing incomes, with a special emphasis on capacity building and generating opportunities for women.