This edition of eVALUation Matters explores how the fourth industrial revolution, digitization and the associated boom in disruptive technologies are shaping the practice of evaluation primarily in Africa, and its implications for the African Development Bank’s work.
The 2019-2020 Work Program of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) included an assessment of the financial instruments of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The objective of this assessment was to evaluate the extent to which the IDBs set of financial (and non-financial)…
This ECG Practice Note focuses on the last step in the evaluation process, namely the follow up and reporting on the implementation of recommendations, which are defined as the systematic assessment of, and reporting on, the extent to which the agreed and/or partially agreed evaluation…
The Annual Evaluation Review (AER) is the flagship report of the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) on the operational performance and results of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This is an important year for the AER as it marks the first full year of Strategy 2030’s implementation. The…
This is the second country strategy and programme evaluation carried out in the United Mexican States by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD. It covers the partnership between the Government and IFAD from 2007 to 2018. During this period, IFAD has invested in seven projects and…