Independent Evaluation

Thematic Evaluation Study on ADB’s Support for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

This study assesses the alignment of ADB’s corporate strategies to the Millennium Development Goals and considers whether setting global targets made a difference to the development results in the region’s developing countries. Read More

12 Things to Know: Microfinance

Giving the poor access to affordable financial services enables them to seize livelihood opportunities, manage cash flow spikes, and mitigate risks. Here are 12 things to know about microfinance. Read More

Reaping Larger Shares of the Crops for the Rural Poor

Agricultural value chains that involve smallholder farmers can help in the fight against rural poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Read More

Real-Time Evaluation Study of the Multitranche Financing Facility

This evaluation examines the costs and benefits associated with the multitranche financing facility modality by considering efficiency gains or cost reductions as well as gains in development effectiveness. Read More

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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Upping the game on disaster preparedness
In this blog post, Independent Evaluation Director General Vinod Thomas stresses the urgency of being prepared for natural disasters, as evidence linking climate change to the increasing incidence of intense storms and floods is becoming more compelling. More

How can evaluation promote better results?
Vinod Thomas blogs about the importance of the results chain in improving the effectiveness of development interventions, the topic of a recent knowledge sharing event co-hosted by Independent Evaluation at ADB. More