The main purpose of this performance evaluation was to examine the resiliency and disaster risk reduction outcomes of CMDRR, determine the overall effectiveness of the interventions and partnerships, and generate learning that will contribute to the design of future similar Activities and the update of USAID/Ethiopia’s CDCS in 2017. CMDRR was split into two awards named as Resilience through Enhanced Adaptation, Action learning Partnership (REAAP) and Restoring Vibrant Villages and Environments (REVIVE). A population-based household survey was conducted to measure the performance of CMDRR on key indicators. Both REAAP and REVIVE conducted baseline studies in April and May 2015, respectively.

The endline survey targeted, to the extent possible, the same kebeles where the baselines were conducted, and used the same sample sizes to make the methods at endline as comparable to the baseline as possible. Seven kebeles from the REAAP Activity surveyed during baseline did not receive CMDRR interventions, and so were not included in the endline evaluation. Instead, seven comparable kebeles with similar livelihoods and that received the CMDRR interventions were included in the sample. Within kebeles, villages were selected from the administrative lists. In REAAP areas, 39 households were interviewed per kebele. In REVIVE areas, the sample was half of the villages per kebele. Enumerators sampled respondent households in each kebele on ___location using an on-site systematic random sampling methodology. The achieved sample size was 2,228: in REAAP areas and 1,448 in REVIVE area which is equal to the calculated sample size used during the baseline (slightly higher than the sample size of 2,118 at baseline in REAAP areas and 1,438 in REVIVE areas, adjusted after Social Impact’s recalculation of sample sizes.