Independent Evaluation

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Asia has been very successful in reducing the rate of poverty yet nearly 1.8 billion people in the region still live on less than $2 a day. The effectiveness of development spending is more important than ever before. Read More

Managing for Development Results: Relevance, Responsiveness, and Results Orientation

This study assesses ADB’s achievement in mainstreaming the MfDR agenda within ADB, with a view to track progress, identify lessons, and make recommendations for ensuring better development effectiveness of operations in the future. Read More

The Asian Development Fund Operations: A Decade of Supporting Poverty Reduction in the Asia and Pacific Region

This study reviews the development effectiveness of the operations of the Asian Development Fund (ADF) approved during ADF VIII and ADF IX (2001–2008) and reports on progress in the first 2 years of implementing ADF X. Read More

Evaluation: Accountability and Learning

Vinod Thomas, Director General of the Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank. Watch Video

Overview

Evaluation is central to good corporate governance. To ensure that it invests responsibly, ADB continually reviews its operations to assess their effectiveness, learn from past experience, and improve the development of future policies, strategies, programs, and projects.

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The New Roadblock to Prosperity
This op-ed piece on the rising incidence of climate-related natural disasters, written by Vinod Thomas, director general for independent evaluation at ADB, appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Connecting the Dots for Greater Development Impact
This edition of Learning Lessons discusses evaluative evidence that points to the vital role links play in the patterns of development. These involve projects and programs in different areas, at different times, and the work of different players. Development processes will benefit if these critical but often overlooked links are better connected.