Member's Documents
IDEV 2021 Annual Report
Published by: Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank
The year has been one of exceptional coordination between IDEV and African Development Bank Management to achieve the timely delivery of evaluative evidence.
Our 13 evaluation reports delivered in 2021 cover a wide spectrum of Bank activities, including policies, strategies and investment operations, but also "soft" contributions such as policy dialogue, knowledge management, and economic and sector work. Indeed, achieving development results in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for more focus on these indirect development pathways. Our work was closely aligned with and responsive to the Bank's need to account for these contributions.
Throughout the year, IDEV provided relevant evaluative knowledge and participated in discussions on new Bank policies, strategies and frameworks, including the Trust Fund Policy, the Water Policy and Strategy, the Green Growth and Climate Change Policy and Strategy, the Private Sector Development Strategy, the Public-Private Partnerships Framework, the Sovereign Operations Restructuring Policy, and the Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in Africa.
In 2021, IDEV continued its focus on the effective communication of its evaluation findings, lessons and recommendations.
Different information types, from key messages to in-depth analyses, were packaged to reach different target audiences. An average of two knowledge products were produced to accompany each completed evaluation in 2021. Evaluation Capacity Development is also an important activity for IDEV and 2021 was no exception. In 2021, IDEV not only organized knowledge events, but also leveraged events organized by other Bank departments and external partners to disseminate and increase the use of evaluation results.
