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. Many IFIs are taking steps to improve the strategic relevance of TA as well as their…
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 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 proposals in this report draw on the experience…
This study presents an overview of how the institutional transition and development dimension has been reflected in recent studies and evaluations. It analyzes how MDBs apply institutional development criteria at performance evaluation of completed operations and in sector- and country-…