UK development assistance for security and justice

Our approach

This review examines security and justice programming delivered by Department for International Development (DFID) and other government departments at the portfolio level and through country case studies, with a focus on its effectiveness in delivering improved justice and security to women and girls.

Our focus was primarily on DFID programmes but we also examined a selection of security and justice programmes by the interdepartmental Conflict Pool and other UK government departments as regards their contribution to international development objectives.

To allow us to draw conclusions about the security and justice portfolio as a whole, our methodology consisted of six components:

1. a literature review
2. a strategic assessment of DFID’s overall approach to security and justice assistance
3. a desk review of a sample of DFID and Conflict Pool security and justice programmes
4. analysis of DFID’s approach to innovation and knowledge generation
5. an assessment of the involvement of other government departments in security and justice assistance
6. case studies of security and justice programmes in two countries.