This document defines the approach the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) will adopt to evaluate the Development Effectiveness Framework (DEF). It includes the objectives, scope, questions, and methodology that OVE will use for the evaluation. This corporate evaluation was included in…
The objective of this report is to inform on the extent to which Management has implemented relevant actions to address the challenges that gave rise to the recommendations issued by OVE in its evaluations, thereby strengthening accountability and institutional learning. Once the Executive…
This report covers IEO activities through end-August 2023. Since the 2022 Annual Report, the IEO has launched the IEO@20 book highlighting the IEO’s work and contribution to the Fund during its second decade of operation, reflecting on experience over the past decade, and anticipating what…
This note presents findings and insights from different sources and constitutes the first building block for the Office of Evaluation and Oversights (OVE) policy-based lending evaluation. Prior evaluation work by OVE and the evaluation departments of other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs…
The Extended Country Program Evaluation (XCPE) for Costa Rica will analyze two successive Bank strategies and the IDB Group program with the country, covering the 2015-2022 period. This will be the sixth OVE evaluation of the IDB Group's program with Costa Rica. Previous country program…
This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's country strategy (CS) and country program (CP) with The Bahamas during the 2018-2022 period. ICPRs assess CS relevance and provide aggregate information on the alignment and execution…