This paper synthesizes the findings of 14 recent knowledge management evaluation studies and related reports from the evaluation units of six international financial institutions (IFIs) connected with the Evaluation Cooperation Group: the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...
This paper presents key lessons from the ECG workshop on Support to SMEs, held at the European Investment Bank headquarters in Luxembourg on 29th March 2012.
The provision of non-lending technical assistance (TA) by international financial institutions (IFIs) has grown steadily in recent years and has become a significant part of IFI assistance to client countries.
This report presents the findings of an examination of recent evaluative work on gender equality undertaken by select multilateral and bilateral organizations. It is the first effort to draw out lessons for evaluators on designing and implementing these types of evaluations.
To harmonize evaluation practice among ECG members and improve understanding of evaluation practices, the ECG developed and implemented Good Practice Standards (GPS) for four categories of evaluations commonly carried out by MDBs, covering governance and independence of the evaluation function;...
This note summarizes available evidence on barriers to energy efficiency and the interventions to surmount them from evaluations of the World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Global Environment Facility.
This publication evolved from a workshop on urban and rural water supply and sanitation which served to share ideas and bring together various perspectives from inside and outside ECG.
This paper synthesizes recent work by the independent evaluation agencies of the ECG and incorporates lessons from related research by multilateral development banks and from the academic literature on agriculture and agribusiness.
This brief note aims to inform the discussions on how to ensure biological diversity, given its vital role in providing us with a safe and enriching environment, in which poverty and disease can be reduced.
Mobilizing private capital has been central to the Bank’s core transition mandate since its founding, and to achieving major recent institutional commitments such as supporting the SDGs, climate resilience, and inclusion.
The 2018 Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD operations (ARRI) presents a synthesis of IFAD’s performance and highlights results and systemic issues from independent evaluations conducted in 2017. The quantitative analysis draws on ratings from 320 evaluations conducted since 2002.
The EBRD has long conducted transactions with state-owned enterprises to encourage reform and transition, through a blend of finance and analytical and advisory work.
This study evaluates projects in the Russian rail sector conducted between 1996 and 2013. The portfolio represents €1.8 billion in EBRD investments supported by €6 million in technical cooperation initiatives.
The Small Business Support Programme (SBS) has been the EBRD’s main programme to support development of small and medium enterprises since its inception in the mid-1990s. This evaluation focuses primarily on the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the 2011 to 2015 SBS Strategic Plan.
With a new strategic and capital framework for 2016 to 2020 in place and an operational effectiveness and efficiency initiative underway it is timely for the Bank to take stock of its field presence system. This evaluation identifies major challenges and opportunities for the Bank.
This evaluation is focused specifically on the Bank’s local capital markets development work under the local currency strategy. It does not assess the substantial amount of work focused on local currency activities, though in many cases this may have had secondary local capital markets dimensions.
Bank projects often target transition impact by extending markets through direct or indirect positive effects on supply chains and backward linkages. This study examines projects where this has been a key objective, assessing how efforts are integrated into project design and the results of this...
The Review investigates key issues around the stated intentions and expectations of the 2013 Energy Sector Strategy; how it reflected/integrated transition challenges and developed operational priorities; were clear and measurable goals established; were critical execution issues addressed...
This report outlines a framework for assessing the evaluation function in multilateral development banks. It outlines the main features of a concept for carrying out reviews of evaluation departments and more generally evaluation systems.
The ECG commissioned this initial review of members' experiences to learn what can be done both to minimize the detrimental impacts of infrastructure on the environment and to enhance infrastructure's positive contribution to the environment beyond the role of existing safeguards.