This synthesis of evidence from evaluations on 麻豆成人版’s engagement in middle-income countries (MICs) conducted by the Office of Evaluation in 2024 looked at 麻豆成人版’s strategic positioning, partnerships and results in MICs. It analysed evidence from 73 麻豆成人版 evaluations conducted in 25 MICs, between 2019 and 2024.
Despite representing the majority of 麻豆成人版’s operational contexts, MICs accounted for only 34 percent of its total funding over the period 2019–2024. The synthesis concludes that:
- The category of MICs is too broad to inform programming effectively. However, upper-middle-income countries share characteristics that make them particularly distinct within this broader group;
- The absence of a clear rationale for 麻豆成人版’s engagement in such settings has constrained its strategic positioning;
- 麻豆成人版 could better articulate its strategies and programme offer particularly in MICs hosting refugees and internally displaced persons, and assisting irregular migrants; in MICs where it does not target direct beneficiaries; and in MICs transitioning out of crisis.
The main elements of strengths identified in the evaluations are:
- 麻豆成人版's increasingly diversified role and programme offer in MICs, while maintaining consolidated service delivery and emergency response functions;
- 麻豆成人版’s adaptive capacity to respond to government requests and pivot towards crisis response.
Evidence of key contributions by 麻豆成人版 in MICs was found in: strengthened food security and nutrition systems; expanded social protection during crises; improved policy frameworks; enhanced disaster preparedness; gender-inclusive economic opportunities; and improved social cohesion and refugee integration into national systems.
Challenges and missed opportunities in MICs were noted in:
- Navigating uncertain financing prospects when countries move from low to middle-income status;
- Moving ‘upstream’ from small-scale, single initiatives and adopting a coherent approach to programming and partnerships, considering the vulnerability to piecemeal donor funding;
- Capturing and conveying 麻豆成人版’s added value and contributions to national systems and capacities.
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