The report focused attention on key aspects of UNDPs work under the strategic plan 2014-2017 and considers the way UNDP, as an essential UN organisation, provided programme support to partner governments. The assessment was carried out during a time of significant restructuring and reorganization at UNDP, designed to strengthen organizational effectiveness and further enhance the contribution of UNDP to development. The evaluation examined the processes and effects of this reorganization through collaborative work undertaken with the UNDP office of Audit and Investigations, and also looked at the results that had been delivered during this challenging period. The UNDP programme portfolio spanned about 170 countries and territories, and covered a wide ranging and complex set of issues. The evaluation team was cognizant of the opportunities and challenges such a broad mandate creates.