Evaluation Resources

Results 11-20 of 40 for Evaluation Case Studies

This study looks back at the main achievements, issues, and challenges faced by the People’s Republic of China railway subsector during the study period from 1997 to 2005.

This study reviews the available evidence from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other studies of relevance regarding documentation of poverty reduction impacts of physical infrastructure and, in particular, road development.

The evaluation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) road and railway projects in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) took into account changes in ADB’s role and objectives. Growth was the overarching goal of ADB interventions prior to the country operational strategy (COS), 1997–2003.

This study reviews evidence from project implementation, completion, and post-evaluation reports on the performance of the link- and local-roads components attached to Asian Development Bank (ADB) road and railway projects in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Sixteen projects in four countries (India, People's Republic of China, Philippines, and Viet Nam) were selected as case studies to assess the performance of the environmental safeguard system in practice.

India’s economic liberalization reform process started approximately 15 years ago. At the time, because of a socialist philosophy, Government regulation and administrative processes at the national, state, and local levels were extensive. Public sector investment dominated the economy.

In the Philippines, the private sector has always played an important role in the economy. The country has been progressive in East Asia in terms of liberalizing the economy, privatizing state-owned firms, and procuring privately financed and operated infrastructure by using public private partnership (PPP) arrangements.

Following decades of war, Viet Nam adopted a socialist political system at the time of unification in 1976. In 1986, the Government launched the Doi Moi (economic renovation) policy that permitted a role for the private sector. Initially progress was slow, but the Government launched dramatic reform measures following a famine in the northern provinces of Viet Nam in 1988.

This report assesses the country strategic focus of technical assistance (TA) based on the findings from the five country studies: Fiji Islands, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Philippines and Viet Nam.

This case study evaluates the Self Help Groups and their Federations, as facilitated under the Project. The study is based on field visits to the project towns in Karnataka during August and September 2005, and was updated during May 2007. It integrates secondary sources of information.