This report examines the relevance and strategic positioning of UNDP support and its contributions to the development of the Maldives over the period 2016 to 2020.

This evaluation found that UNDP has made some positive contributions towards meeting these challenges, but that it has struggled to gain traction, given the political instability that has characterized the recent programming period. There is now a good opportunity to build on lessons from past and current work in support of reforms that will be resilient across political cycles. In considering the appropriate locus of this support, UNDP should take care not to stretch its limited resources too thinly, to a point where it is unable to make a tangible difference in any single area.

Previous ICPEs for the Maldives:

2010