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p. 37 of 53 BACK | NEXT Executive Summary Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations by ADF Donors ADF VIII: Requests for Midterm Policy Reviews and Reports I. Introduction II. The International Development Goals III. Poverty in Developing Asia IV. ADB and ADF: Vision and Role V. ADB’S Framework for Poverty Reduction VI. Development through Partnership VII. ADF Resources: Portfolio Management and Performance VIII. The Strategy for Implementing ADF VIII A. General Strategy and Partnership B. Implementing ADB’s Poverty Reduction Strategy C. Performance-Based Allocation System for ADF Resources D. Governance Action Plan E. Development of the Private Sector F. Infectious Diseases including HIV/AIDS G. Core Labor Standards H. Gender and Development I. Environment J. Cooperation Among DMCs K. Money Laundering L. Drug Trafficking M. Improving Evaluation and the Linkage to Planning Operations N. Redesign of Operational Business Processes and Portfolio Management O. Strengthening Resident Missions P. Strengthening ADB’s Institutional Capacity IX. Planned Lending in ADF VIII X. Financing Framework for ADF VIII XI. Issues for Policy Review XII. Midterm Review of ADF VIII

ADF VIII Donor's Report: Fighting Poverty in Asia : VIII. The Strategy for Implementing ADF VIII

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M. Improving Evaluation and the Linkage to Planning Operations

100. Donors emphasized that timely access to results of independent OEO evaluation of ADF-financed operations is necessary to enable both Management and the Board to ensure sound stewardship of ADF resources. On the basis of OEO analyses, Donors recommended:

1. that by the end of 2000 ADB review the implementation of the project performance management system (including the use of the logical framework in project design and in identifying meaningful indicators and data that executing agencies and ADB staff collect on development impacts during project implementation) and submit the review for Board consideration in the first year of ADF VIII;

2. OEO expand its on-line databases by the end of 2001 to facilitate access to the results of evaluation studies covering the impacts and lessons learned from ADF projects;

3. OEO prepare an impact evaluation study covering selected projects approved under ADF V and ADF VI as well as ADF VII projects where feasible, and submit the study to the Donors in conjunction with the ADF VIII midterm progress report;

4. OEO, in cooperation with Operations Departments, begin work to strengthen ADB’s evaluation systems to allow for identification and measurement of direct and indirect as well as quantitative and qualitative impacts of ADF operations at the project, sector, and national and subregional levels, as this would enhance evaluation within the context of the CDF. Donors also recommended strengthening performance through systematic use of baseline data, performance targets and indicators, careful monitoring and supervision, and more effective feedback and use of lessons-learned;

5. OEO continue to collaborate closely with the MDBs and other relevant international organizations to harmonize evaluation systems, enabling ADB and the common shareholders in the organizations to make comparative assessments of the efficacy of operations in terms of development effectiveness, as this would further enhance evaluation within the context of the CDF;

6. OEO, in collaboration with Operations Departments mainstream gender and environmental considerations into ADB’s evaluation processes; and

7. that measures be taken to strengthen OEO and make it more independent, and that OEO provide results of ADF evaluations and special studies for consideration by a Development Effectiveness Committee of the Board of Directors, which Donors recommended be established.

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