The main objective of the review was “to conduct a critical review of the effectiveness of Darfur Fuel-efficient stove (FES) programmes as measured by their stated objectives versus assessed outcomes, and make recommendations for the future”. Key factors that were to be examined included relevance, effectiveness and fuel-efficiency impact, cost-effectiveness, adoptability, sustainability, replicability, geographic coverage and targeting, community participation and capacity-building, and co-ordination/integration.