Evaluation Resources

Seven advistory TAs were selected for evaluation in this technical assistance performance audit report. The TAs generally shared the same objective—to improve environmental management and/or to build capacity in the People's Republic of China, where rapid economic development and years of neglect of environmental protection have resulted in severe environmental degradation.

This technical assistance (TA) performance audit report covers two TA grants attached to the Sixth Road Improvement Project in the Lao PDR, approved in June 1993; the Sixth Road Project in the Philippines, approved in September 1996; and two stand-alone TAs in PNG on implementation of a road asset management system, approved in April 1998 and December 1999, respectively.

This report covers five advisory technical assistance aimed at ensuring the absorptive capacity and ability of the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Mongolia to implement road projects. It also covers a regional technical assistance study to update road design and construction standards in these three countries.

Three advisory technical assistance (TA) grants were selected for evaluation in this TA performance audit report, which reflected efforts to improve management of the physical infrastructure (particularly road networks) and the institutional capacity in Viet Nam and Cambodia.

This technical assistance performance audit report is the first operations evaluation report on selected technical assistance (TA) interventions on road safety. The evaluation includes three TAs: Regional Initiatives in Road Safety, Preparation of a Road Safety Program in the People's Republic of China, and Road Safety in India.

The report assesses a series of advisory technical assistance (TA) and project preparatory TA interventions focusing on institutional development and organizational or financial reform of Bangladesh Railway.

This report assesses three technical assistance (TA) grants designed to improve the capacity of the People's Republic of China for sound environmental management.

This report assesses a technical assistance (TA) grant to help the Government of Malaysia formulate specific proposals for the development of efficient and effective transport networks and services for Johor Bahru, Ipoh, and Sungai Petani, and produce a manual that will assist in developing skills in transport planning and traffic management techniques.

This report assesses a technical assistance (TA) grant intended to assist the Government of the Philippines to quantify and evaluate problems arising from vehicular emissions, and to prescribe immediate and long-term measures which, if implemented, would lead to improved ambient air quality.