Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK provided humanitarian and development aid with grants of € 791 million, or 25% of the entire aid to Afghanistan from 2001 to mid-2004. Of this, 383 million was from the UK, 165 million from the Netherlands, 123 million from Sweden, 99 million from Denmark and 21 million from Ireland. Their contributions exceeded the initial pledges and were disbursed in full and on time.  The donors decided to commission a joint evaluation of the aid they provided to Afghanistan from 2001 to 2005. Their aim was to establish how relevant, effective and efficient it had been, what impact it had achieved and how sustainable it was. The evaluation was also to assess how the aid providers had coordinated their efforts, how well the aid had connected with Afghan society and whether there was coherence between different aid instruments, including the political, humanitarian, development and military parts.  The Irish Public Expenditure Review on Afghanistan was used to inform the joint evaluation.

Summary of Joint Evaluation

Main report