The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the outcome-impact of the inter-agency child protection response to the tsunami in the Maldives and draw lessons and recommendations that will be useful for strengthening on-going development programming and policies to improve the well-being and rights of children and women. Within this context, the evaluation seeks to achieve three inter-related objectives: 1) Provide an outcome-impact analysis of the child protection program (2005-2008) in the Maldives, 2) Examine DAC evaluation criteria as applied to the child protection sector, and 3) Provide evidence-based conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations.

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