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Acting on Recommendations and Learning from Lessons in 2007: Increasing Value Added from Operations Evaluation
Completed: 2007

One key output from operations evaluation, to which the Development Effectiveness Committee in the Board of Directors of ADB pays close attention, is monitoring of and reporting on actions taken by ADB and its executing agencies in response to evaluation report recommendations.

This report examines what actions were taken in relation to recommendations that DEC, ADB's Management, and OED tabled in 2005–2006; what impact evaluation findings have had on recent Board proposals; and what steps that OED, in consultation with other departments and offices, can take to increase value added from operations evaluation.

The report presents encouraging signs that lessons are being learned and notes the particular contribution that country and sector assistance program evaluations are making to managing for development effectiveness. The steps that it proposes to increase value added from operations evaluation relate to

In relation to adding value from operations evaluation, the report notes that in the accomplishment of its role OED faces similar challenges to those faced by evaluators elsewhere. Evaluation takes place in a dynamic organizational context and audiences have different expectations. Evaluation methodologies and approaches have evolved to meet these. However, evaluation findings are only one among a number of inputs to improve organizational performance. What is needed most is data, information, and knowledge that support dialogue among partners.