Summary of publication

This evaluation report aims to increase understanding of the challenges faced in developing and implementing remote monitoring strategies in Uruzgan Province.

The province of Uruzgan, Afghanistan, presents an enormously challenging operating environment for development work. An estimated 35-45% of the province lies outside government control, and anti-government attacks are reported once or twice a day on average. In this challenging environment, development work has taken place largely in the provincial capital and the districts considered relatively safe and accessible. Monitoring the effectiveness of development work remains challenging in Uruzgan.

This evaluation report aims to increase understanding of the challenges faced in developing and implementing remote monitoring strategies, and provides recommendations for improving program oversight in areas that cannot regularly be accessed by non-local staff. Recommendations are aimed primarily at development actors in Uruzgan, but many will also be relevant to development work in other areas – in Afghanistan and elsewhere – where access is similarly constrained.

Full publication

Access restricted–A review of remote monitoring practices in Uruzgan Province [PDF 1.1 MB]