In 2020, the UN Trust Fund engaged an independent, external evaluation team to produce a meta-analysis based on 30 high-quality external evaluations commissioned by its grantees in 26 countries covering projects implemented between 2015-2019.

This report represents the final output of a three-month meta-analysis exercise in which final evaluation reports from 23 projects were reviewed using a rigorous mixed-method approach. This meta-analysis is a synthesis of findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations from a sample of UN Trust Fund projects from 2008 (Grant Cycle 13) to 2012 (Grant Cycle 16).