Based on a joint EU-UNDP evaluation that was carried out in November 2009 by external assessors, and the impact of EU (to reiterate, a donor to UNDP’s CHT project) supported programmes implemented between 2005 and 2010. Action Fiche comes up with the following findings regarding CHT. The general situation in that region is assessed and reveals political complexities that are beyond the scope and control of UNDP’s programmes, but which have had a major impact in impeding overall development efforts in that part of Bangladesh.