The authors of this report would like to thank:

• All three sections of the ODA that helped to fund this work (The education advisers, the Aid Management Office in Bangladesh and ESCOR).

• The staff of ACTIONAID Uganda, particularly the Country Director, Anthony Wasswa and the Bundibugyo team; also LABE and UJAFAE.

• The staff of ACTIONAID Bangladesh, particularly the Country Director, Ton Van Zutphen, the previous director, Bob Reitemeier, Mukul Rahman and the Bhola Island team; also Ratindranath Pal, Habibur Rahman of CAMPE and Nilufer Rahman of INFEP.

• The staff of Ayuda en Acción El Salvador, particularly the Country Director, Carlos Hernandez, the previous Country Director Eduardo Moser; the staff of CIAZO, the staff of COMUS and Sandrine Tiller of WUS.

• Past and present staff of ACTIONAID UK, particularly Nigel Twose, Robert Dodd, Candice Macqueen, Maxine Riddick and Barry McCann.

• The REFLECT facilitators and participants in the three pilot programmes who gave their time freely to the evaluation teams.