This Learning Curves summarizes the impact evaluation study which quantifies the economic and noneconomic impacts of shallow tubewell irrigation in Nepal. It reviews the environmental impacts on project’s beneficiaries, analyzes effectiveness and sustainability of water user groups, and generates findings, lessons and recommendations.

ONGOING EVALUATION. This project performance evaluation report aims to assess the project’s performance and the factors affecting it. The evaluation will also examine the extent to which the project served the purpose of improving access to water supply and basic sanitation in relation of Cambodia’s achievement of the Millennium Development Goal 7. Similarly, lessons will be identified that can be derived for future intervention in Cambodia under similar situations.  

This report assesses the program’s relevance, effectiveness, efficiency in achieving its objectives and outputs, sustainability of outcomes, and impact; the performance of the ADB, the executing agency, and the implementing agencies; and draw out key lessons for ADB operations in the microfinance sector. 

Validates the completion report’s assessment of the project which aims to expand micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises in agriculture-related sectors, provide and maintain key economic infrastructure, and enhance public and private sector capacities to support the process of economic growth in Pakistan. IED overall assessment: Less than successful