Validations of Country Partnership Strategy Final Reviews

ONGOING EVALUATION. The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will validate the assessments and findings of ADB’s self-evaluation of the Armenia Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), 2019–2023, received by IED on 16 March 2023. The validation will cover ongoing and completed ADB loans, grants, and technical assistance (TA) covered in theCPS, 2019–2023. The validation will inform ADB’s future operations and its forthcoming CPS,2024–2028.

ONGOING EVALUATION. The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will validate the Cambodia Country Partnership Strategy Final Review (CPSFR), 2019–2023. The validation will inform ADB’s future operations and its forthcoming country partnership strategy (CPS) 2023–2027. ADB prepared a self-evaluation (CPSFR) of the Cambodia CPS 2019–2023 and its recent country program portfolio, which it submitted to IED for validation on 15 February 2023. The CPSFR rated the program overall as successful.

ONGOING EVALUATION. The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will conduct a validation of the assessments and findings of the final review of the Azerbaijan Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), 2019–2023, received by IED in March 2023. The validation will assess new operations approved under the current CPS, 2019–2023 and operations approved under the previous CPS and active during the current CPS period. The validation aims to inform ADB’s future operations and its forthcoming CPS for Azerbaijan. 

ONGOING EVALUATION. The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will conduct a validation of the assessments and findings of the final review of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), 2017–2020.  The objective of the validation is to inform ADB’s future operations and its forthcoming CPS, 2024–2028 for the Lao PDR.
 

The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) validated the findings of the India country partnership strategy final review (CPSFR). ADB is preparing a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for India. ADB prepared a self-evaluation (CPSFR) of its current CPS and its recent country program portfolio (2016–2021), which it submitted to IED for validation on 3 May 2022. This includes two years (2016–2017) from the previous CPS period.

The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) validated the final review of ADB’s Kazakhstan country partnership strategy (CPS) 2017–2021. As in the CPS final review, the validation assessed ADB operations that were approved, ongoing, or closed from January 2017 to March 2021. The validation was primarily based on information presented in the CPS final review. It also used evidence gathered through document reviews, portfolio analysis, and consultations with stakeholders during a virtual mission conducted in September–October 2021.

This validation covers Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) support for Sri Lanka during 2016–2020. It includes ongoing and completed ADB loans, grants, and technical assistance (TA) from 2016 to 2020. The validation aims to identify lessons and recommendations for ADB’s future operations, in particular the forthcoming Sri Lanka Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), 2023–2027. 

This validation report covers Asian Development Bank (ADB) support for the Kyrgyz Republic during 2018–2022. The Kyrgyz Republic is a concessional-assistance-only country with equal access to concessional ordinary capital resources lending and Asian Development Fund (ADF) grants. The validation assessed the approved, closed, and ongoing ADB operations during the country partnership strategy (CPS) period to inform ADB’s future country program.

This document is a validation by the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Timor-Leste country partnership strategy final review (CPSFR), 2016– 2020 prepared by the ADB Southeast Asia Department (SERD). The validation drew from relevant documents and conducted virtual interviews with ADB staff, government officials, and other stakeholders from February to April 2021 due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has validated the Mongolia country partnership strategy (CPS) final review, 2017–2020. The validation concluded that the program was successful on the borderline. It found the program was relevant, effective, less than efficient, likely sustainable, and with satisfactory development impact. The final review rated ADB’s program successful: highly relevant, effective, less than efficient, and likely sustainable, with a satisfactory development impact.