This is the fourth annual evaluation report produced under WFP’s Evaluation Policy (2016–2021). The report is presented in three parts. Part 1 looks at how the evaluation function is evolving in line with WFP’s strategic direction and trends in WFP’s operating environment. It provides an overview of centralized and decentralized evaluations completed, ongoing and planned in 2019 and 2020 and highlights the types of evaluation evidence available for supporting the strategic priorities of WFP. Part 2 reports the major developments in WFP’s evaluation function that contributed notably to the effective operationalization of the Evaluation Policy (2016–2021) in 2019. Part 3 looks ahead, presenting the outlook for the evaluation function and highlighting areas for attention in the coming years, along with strategic priorities identified for each of the objectives of the evaluation policy.
