Performance of Australian Aid 2015–16 May 2017
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
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During 2015-16 Australia advanced its partnerships in river basin management across Asia - notably in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Ayeyarwady, Salween, Mekong and Red river regions. These contributions to water-food-energy-environment security and sustainable economic development are principally delivered through the multi-partner DFAT Greater Mekong Water Resources Program and the South Asia Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio. The Australian Water Partnership advanced its collaboration with the National Water Resources Committee in Myanmar on planning for the Ayeyarwady River basin, and with the Ministry of Water Resources in India to improve weather forecasting and water management and is boosting engagement in China and the Pacific and cooperation with ADB and the World Bank. Overall, the aid performance results recorded for Australia’s investments in the Agriculture, fisheries and water priority area highlighted the need for strong improvements. In the 2015-16 Aid Quality Checks, investments in agriculture, fisheries and water scored below the aid program average for all but one (monitoring and evaluation) of the seven performance criteria (Figure 29). This is at odds with the 2014-15 performance results, which were above the aid program average for four of the seven criteria. Of particular concern was the gender equality scores for 2015-16, which was 20 percentage points below the aid program average. To address these results, strategies to empower women to overcome barriers to their participation in the agriculture, fisheries and water sectors are being included in new investment designs. In 2016-17, DFAT expects improved outcomes as several poor-performing initiatives will be closing during that year. In addition, it is anticipated that a new operational guidance note, issued in September 2015, will help support program managers to more effectively address gender equality issues in agricultural investment design and implementation. Regarding the other segments of the portfolio that are under-performing, attention is being given to improving investment designs and monitoring and evaluation systems. Figure 29: Agriculture, fisheries and water investment performance, 2015-16 
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