Caroline Heider, Director General, Evaluation of the World Bank Group and Rakesh Nangia, Evaluator General of the African Development Bank, explore the role of independent evaluation in their respective institutions, and some of the key issues they have encountered.
In an engaging and wide-ranging conversation, Caroline and Rakesh explore the role of independent evaluation in their respective institutions, and some of the key issues they have encountered – from how to best engage the Boards of Directors, Management and other stakeholders, to determining what to evaluate and when, how to build evaluation capacity in client countries, and the pros and cons of assigning performance ratings, among others