The Oecd Development Assistance Committee (Dac) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of Dac members. The policies and programmes of each member are critically examined approximately once every five years. Dac peer reviews assess the performance of a given member, not just that of its development co-operation agency, and examine both policy and implementation. They take an integrated, system-wide perspective on the development co-operation and humanitarian assistance activities of the member under review.