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Learnings Books and Other PublicationsDiscuss ad hoc subjects, including knowledge management, evaluation retrospectives, and development impact assessments. Case StudiesBring to light specialized material from evaluations. Country Assistance Program EvaluationsEvaluate the entire ADB support to a country covering ADB's strategy, policy dialogue, both completed and ongoing projects and technical assistance, and ADB's performance. It provides ADB and the country with a basis for deciding on changes in the future country partnership strategy. Impact EvaluationsEvaluate projects and programs using a rigorously defined counterfactual. Occasional PapersAre short treatments of ad hoc subjects. Project/Program Performance EvaluationsEvaluate the design, implementation, and performance of projects and programs. They are prepared about 3 years after project completion. Sector Assistance Program EvaluationsEvaluate ADB's sectoral, strategy, policy dialogue, ongoing and completed projects and technical assistance, and ADB's performance within a given sector in one country. Special Evaluation StudiesExtract and aggregate data and information on a specific theme, e.g., nongovernment and civil society organizations, participation, governance, gender, environment, capacity building. This may involve different modalities, sectors, or countries. Syntheses of Evaluation FindingsWere prepared between 1995 and 2000, and present evaluation findings for nine countries and seven sectors. Technical Assistance Performance EvaluationsEvaluate technical assistance projects. Usually, several TAs are covered in the same report. This series was discontinued in 2007. TA will be evaluated as part of other evaluations. Technical Assistance ReportsProvide a full specification of the technical assistance including impact, outcome, outputs, cost, financing, implementation, and terms of reference. ValidationsAre prepared for project and program completion reports, and country partnership strategy completion reports where preparation of a full country assistance program evaluation is not practicable.
Summaries Learning CurvesAre handy, two-paged quick references designed to feed findings and recommendations from evaluation to a broader range of clients. Success RatesPresent condensed information on successful ADB projects.
Media Evaluation NewsConsolidate news releases on operations evaluation directed at members of the news media. \r\nPhoto EssaysOffer short photographic or Powerpoint displays on evaluation topics.\r\n
Collaboration Tools ECGnetIs the communication tool of the heads of evaluation in multilateral development banks. Evaluation ChatsIs the communication tool of the operations evaluation community of practice hosted by ADB.
Databases Evaluation Information SystemIs a searchable database of lessons, recommendations, and Management responses.
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