The purpose of the evaluation was to account for the Bank’s operations in Egypt and to foster learning to help improve the Bank’s future performance. The evaluation highlights key lessons and recommendations for consideration in future program design.
Innovations in rural development approaches and solutions are crucial to improve the effectiveness of agrifood systems and better meet the rising demand for food worldwide. Innovations are thus critical for IFAD to achieve its mandate of investing in rural people and enabling inclusive and…
The evaluation aimed to generate knowledge and provide lessons to maximize the impact of ongoing and future irrigation development interventions. It applied a counterfactual approach, comparing the project beneficiaries with a control group, to measure and attribute the effects of the…
Independent Development Evaluation has conducted an evaluation of the African Development Bank’s Country Strategy and Program in Mali for the period 2005-2019. The evaluation covered 109 operations with a total value of nearly UA 1 billion, of which 64 operations approved between 2005 and 2019…
As part of its 2018 - 2019 work program, Independent Development Evaluation undertook a thematic evaluation of the Bank’s role in increasing access to finance in Africa. The thematic evaluation is supported by a cluster evaluation of 32 Bank financial sector development (FSD) operations…
Guided by international evaluation criteria and standards, the AfDB’s Independent Development Evaluation conducted an evaluation of the Bank’s 2013-2019 PSD Strategy to take stock of its implementation and assess its contribution to the Bank’s efficiency and effectiveness, with a view to…