Independent Evaluation
In the Spotlight
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2018 Annual Evaluation Review
The 2018 Annual Evaluation Review reviews ADB’s progress in operationalizing its strategic agendas and drivers of change by summarizing the results of ADB’s interventions in these areas based on recent corporate and thematic evaluations.
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Results-Based Lending at the Asian Development Bank: An Early Assessment
This evaluation assesses ADB's experience in piloting results-based lending instrument and to identify key issues and lessons. It provides recommendations to improve operations, enable this new instrument to be mainstreamed, and enhance its potential to add value to its member countries and to ADB itself.
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Lessons from Country Partnership Evaluation: A Retrospective
This paper identifies key lessons to help ADB improve the implementation and effectiveness of its country programs and to increase understanding of the role of country partnership strategy in ensuring development effectiveness.
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Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank: A Self-Evaluation
The self-evaluation has been undertaken to take stock of the relevance and effectiveness of IED’s evaluation products and processes, and to identify opportunities to enhance the quality and influence of the evaluations and strengthen IED’s effectiveness and impact.
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Thematic Evaluation on ADB Support for Gender and Development
This evaluation of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) support for gender and development (GAD) examined the relevance and results of ADB’s gender priorities at the corporate, country, and project levels during 2005–2015.
The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) independently and systematically evaluates ADB policies, strategies, operations, and special concerns that relate to organizational and operational effectiveness. By doing so, it contributes to achieving development effectiveness of ADB operations by providing evaluation feedback on performance, and generating and disseminating evaluation lessons.
Latest
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To Fulfill its Mission, ADB Must Prioritize Sustainability
Asia is rapidly evolving as are its development needs. To keep pace with these changing needs and to ensure that solutions MDBs like ADB bring are effective, thorough assessment of their operations is crucial. -
This book offers guidance on the principles, methods, and practice of impact evaluation. It contains material for a range of audiences, from those who may use or manage impact evaluations to applied researchers.
Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions: A Practical Guide -
Evidence From Evaluation Should Be in Asia’s Tool Kit for Setting Development Policies - Marvin Taylor-Dormond
Insights from evidence-based evaluations provide crucial knowledge that can help governments in developing Asia address the region’s intractable and emerging problems. -
Infrastructure Can Be a Powerful Driver of Gender Equality in Bangladesh
Infrastructure projects have significant potential to increase the economic empowerment of women in Bangladesh and contribute to the government’s efforts to promote gender equality. -
Cambodia Needs More Support to Achieve Its Gender Equality Goals
A lack of financial resources and officials trained in gender issues is hampering Cambodia’s efforts to tap the economic potential of women and close sizable gender equality gaps, says an evaluation report. -
ADB’s Support for India Promotes Inclusive Growth in Lagging States
ADB's focus on financing infrastructure in India’s lagging states helped promote inclusive economic growth, and was well aligned with the government’s strategy of reducing disparities in poverty rates across states.
Evaluation Documents
- Annual Evaluation Reviews
- Country Assistance Program Evaluations
- Sector Assistance Program Evaluations
- Corporate and Thematic Evaluation Studies
- Impact Evaluation Studies
- Project/Program Performance Evaluations
- Technical Assistance Performance Evaluation Reports
- Validations of Project Completion Reports
- Validations of Country Partnership Strategy Final Review
- Topical Papers
- Working Papers