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This evaluation was undertaken for accountability and learning purposes, to assess the performance and
results of the Afghanistan Development Program in a fragile state and complex environment. The
evaluation was implemented from April 2013 to June 2014 by an international team from Ecorys
Netherlands. This synthesis report was prepared by the Development Evaluation Division, based on the
data gathering and analysis that Ecorys undertook.
The evaluation covers the period from fiscal year 2004-05 to 2012-13. In June 2013, as this evaluation
was starting, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) were amalgamated into Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development Canada (DFATD). The object of this evaluation was Canada’s Afghanistan Development
Program, implemented by the then CIDA, recognising that it needed to be understood in the context of
both Canada’s “Whole of Government Approach” and the efforts of the wider international community.