The Department for International Development (DFID) has carried out recent assessments of each of our current programmes, in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation schedule set by DFID procedures. These annually mark the likelihood of the achievement of purpose for programmes larger than £1 million on a scale from 1 to 4:
1—Likely to be fully achieved;
2—Likely to be largely achieved;
3—Likely to be partially achieved;
4—Only likely to be achieved to a very limited extent;
X—Too early to judge.
Of our six large current programmes in Iraq, in their most recent assessments five were judged as 2—likely to largely achieve their purpose, and one as 1—likely to fully achieve its purpose.
Based on DFID's experience of delivering aid in Iraq and other insecure environments, we will soon publish a set of briefing papers to provide better guidance to our country offices in their delivery of aid in those environments. DFID is also currently designing a new long-term research programme on conflict, state fragility and social cohesion which will gather more information on effective ways of delivering aid in insecure environments including Iraq.