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Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES)
UNHCR's PDES is committed to the systematic analysis and assessment of UNHCR projects, programmes, practices and policies. PDES also promotes research on issues related to the work of UNHCR and the welfare of displaced people, and encourages an active exchange of ideas and information between humanitarian practitioners, policymakers and the academic community.
UNHCR's PDES is committed to the systematic analysis and assessment of UNHCR projects, programmes, practices and policies. PDES also promotes research on issues related to the work of UNHCR and the welfare of displaced people, and encourages an active exchange of ideas and information between humanitarian practitioners, policymakers and the academic community.
PDES welcomes your comments and questions on all aspects of its work. The unit can be reached at:
E-mail PDES.
UNHCR evaluation reports
Electronic versions of all evaluation reports produced by UNHCR since 1994 are available in full text on this site. Hard copies of earlier reports are also available upon request.
Visit UNHCR's French language website for UNHCR evaluation reports in French.
Other evaluation reports
Evaluations undertaken by other units and organizations.
Educating refugee children
A book examining a wide range of issues relating to refugee education, including education in acute emergencies, the quality of learning and attainment in refugee schools, education for peace, and vocational training programmes for refugees.
New Issues in Refugee Research
A series of research papers on refugee, humanitarian and migration issues.
Protracted Refugee Situations
A wide-ranging collection of UNHCR documents on the issue of protracted refugee situations, published since 1999.
Refugee Livelihoods Project
An initiative to examine strategies used by refugees to support themselves and the potential for UNHCR and other actors to promote livelihood security options among refugees, returnees and members of the host communities.
SGBV evaluation: a call for submissions
Terms of reference for an evaluation currently being undertaken of UNHCR's role in combatting SGBV
UNHCR's evaluation policy
PDES mission statement
Executive Committee reports on evaluation
Internships with PDES
The State of the World's RefugeesFive editions of UNHCR's publication The State of the World's Refugees.
Latest: Human Displacement in the New Millennium, published April 2006
Refugee statistics
Latest statistics on refugees and other people 'of concern' to UNHCR, in more than 150 countries.