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The guidelines focus on the four core and three non-core assessments to be undertaken for projects by both self- and independent evaluations within ADB. They are also effective for IED evaluations and validations initiated from 1 May 2016 onwards. Evaluations and validations that are at advanced stage may still be completed using the old guidelines.