Overall, the SAIC Program was found to be highly relevant to both DFID and IDRC, embodying and advancing their distinct and shared global, institutional and regional priorities.
The evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the programme (including its overall value-for-money), as well as the quality of the research.
The program currently supports 15 teams across 16 countries and 40 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. The teams use a diversity of research methods to explore a variety of themes related to urban violence.
The political context of prolonged conflict, trauma, and warlike conditions, with Israeli Occupation in the West Bank area of Palestine has created an extreme challenge to usual development strategies.