This year’s Annual Report focuses on how IDEV delivered evaluative knowledge; engaged with Bank operations departments, stakeholders and partners to strengthen its products and build a culture of evaluation within the Bank and in African countries; and responded to evaluation needs, demand and…
In response to a call by the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) at its Annual Meeting in May 2018, the Bank launched an independent evaluation of the implementation of its Development and Business Delivery Model (DBDM). The evaluation was conducted by IOD…
The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (AfDB or “the Bank”) has conducted a comparative review of sanctions practices across five Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
The objective of the Private Sector Environment (PSE) Cluster Evaluation was to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the Programme Based Operations (PBOs) of the AfDB that focused on the PSE. The AfDB conducted these PBOs in five countries (Egypt, Ghana, Mali,…
The evaluation of the energy governance cluster Program Based Operations (PBOs) is one of seven components of a broader evaluation on the use of PBOs by the AfDB in 2012-2017. This evaluation examines eight PBOs focused on energy, which the AfDB approved and implemented in five countries (…