Evaluation of the develoPPP.de programme

Abstract

In the past two decades, development cooperation actors have launched wide-reaching approaches to strengthen cooperation with the private sector as an active partner in financing and implementing development projects. Development partnerships with the private sector are intended to pool public and private resources, making it possible to use business know-how and capital for economic and social development in partner countries. DEval has evaluated the develoPPP.de programme, the largest programme set up by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to promote such partnerships. The evaluation comprised document and literature analyses, a portfolio review of all develoPPP.de projects since 2009, expert interviews and company surveys as well as 12 comprehensive case studies in four countries. The data provide key findings with regard to the way in which the programme was steered and implemented, and its results and sustainability. The findings will be used to further develop the programme. They will also be used at policy and implementation level, and enable BMZ to comply with its accountability obligations.