Independent evaluation of the African Risk Capacity
Sovereign disaster insurance initiatives are a relatively new approach to tackling the increased vulnerability to disasters of communities across the world.
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones is a principal consultant with more than thirty years' experience of consultancy and research with a particular focus on Africa and Asia. His recent work has concentrated on the political economy of aid and policymaking, service provision, and the evaluation of development assistance.
Projects involving Stephen Jones
Evaluation of European Union funded projects in Pakistan
For the European Union, we are undertaking 15 evaluations covering 13 thematic areas across Pakistan.
Analysing the impact of Aawaz II programme
The FCDO-funded Aawaz II programme aims to work with the government and local communities to promote the rights of children, women, youth, religious minorities and excluded groups to strengthen control over their own development.
Evaluating Punjab Education Sector Programme
We led the performance evaluation of the Punjab Education Sector Programme to assess improvements made and identify lessons for future programmes in education system performance.
Evaluating innovations to scale up education interventions in refugee contexts
Our work aims to assess and analyse implementation processes, factors contributing to scale and emerging outcomes from the innovations to develop scalable education initiatives for refugees and displaced communities.
Climate proofing growth and development in Bangladesh
We worked across the policy cycle for integration of climate change related risks and opportunities into country-specific policies, budgets and investments.
Action on Climate Today: climate-proofing growth and development in South Asia
This project is helping mainstream climate change resilience measures within budgetary planning and policymaking across South Asia.