The inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) of Yemen response is an independent assessment of the results of the collective humanitarian response by member organizations of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Inter-agency humanitarian evaluations assess the extent to which planned collective results have been achieved.
The purpose of this IAHE is three-fold.
- It provides an independent assessment of the extent to which planned collective objectives to respond to the needs and concerns of affected people in Yemen – as set out in the humanitarian response plans (HRPs) and other core planning documents and strategies since 2015 – have been met.
- The evaluation assesses the extent to which IASC response tools and coordination mechanisms, including the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC), have successfully supported the response.
- It provides recommendations to improve the response in Yemen and in future emergencies.
The evaluation found that the humanitarian response scaled up impressively during the years 2017–2021. Food assistance and other forms of transfer increased seven-fold to cover more than a third of the population, and at its peak, almost half of all Yemenis. Hospitals were supplied with essential fuel, medicines and equipment. A major programme of nutrition was rolled out across health centres and through non-governmental organization (NGO) partners. Water and sewage systems were patched up, and protection services provided in extremely difficult circumstances.
The impact of the humanitarian operation was seen in the stabilization, and even small improvement, in the food security situation over the period of time under examination. However, cuts in funding to food assistance in 2020 and 2021 may have eroded these gains.
Despite the impressive scaling up, and some evidence of impact, the evaluation also found that the quality of humanitarian aid in many areas was unacceptably low. The evaluation saw examples of construction work that was sub-standard and witnessed equipment and supplies that were faulty or inappropriate.
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