Measuring What Matters
Rethinking Evaluation in WASH Systems Strengthening Programmes

Description:

Evaluating WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programmes traditionally involves measuring tangible outputs - such as infrastructure delivered - alongside service-level outcomes and long-term health impacts. However, system strengthening programmes pursue
a different kind of change: they aim to shift institutional roles, behaviours, and coordination mechanisms across the WASH system. As a result, they require a different evaluative lens - one that can capture complex, systemic transformations over time.

This paper presents the insights from the evaluation of Welthungerhilfe’s Global WASH Programme (GWP2), which applied a systems strengthening approach across four countries.

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Bibliographical Information:

Smits, S. & R. Shiva (2025) Measuring What Matters. Rethinking Evaluation in WASH Systems Strengthening Programmes , Welthungerhilfe , IRC

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