Independent Evaluation
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How to boost accountability and learning in aid for COVID-19
Here are four areas in which designers, policymakers, and evaluators can engage during the current emergency work of international financial and development institutions.
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2020 Annual Evaluation Review: ADB’s Project Level Self-Evaluation System
The Annual Evaluation Review (AER) is the flagship report of the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) on the operational performance and results of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The AER provides a synthesis of the evaluations prepared by IED in the preceding year, updates performance trends, and draws lessons and offers recommendations to guide ongoing and future operations.
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Responding to the Novel Coronavirus Crisis – 13 Lessons from Evaluations
As the world faces the daunting task of containing the spread of COVID-19 and treating the ill, past evaluations of the financial and technical responses from multilateral agencies including ADB to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola, and Avian Influenza provide some lessons on supporting countries during and after the critical phases of the outbreaks.
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Effectiveness of the 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement
This evaluation has sought to assess ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) effectiveness as well as its adequacy to the current circumstances. The evaluation offers a set of findings and insights from ADB’s experience in applying the SPS which may serve as a guide for the revision and strengthening of the safeguard policy and implementation.
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Cambodia: Rural Energy Project
The project supported rural infrastructure investment in Svay Rieng Province, which is bordered on the north, east, and south by Viet Nam. Only 126 of its 690 villages had electricity in 2010; 14% of its 110,000 households used grid electricity for... -
ADB Needs to Modernize Environment and Social Safeguard Policy
ADB's 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement has played a positive role in avoiding or mitigating the unintended negative environment and involuntary resettlement impacts of its projects, says a review conducted by ADB’s IED... -
Kyrgyz Republic: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program (Subprograms 1–3)
ADB's first Investment Climate Improvement Program (ICIP) assisted the government to address development constraints in business regulation, access to finance particularly through leasing, and public–private partnerships (PPPs). Despite the progress... -
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Information Highway
South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries, which initially consisted of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal, are at different stages of information and communication technology (ICT) development. The level of ICT development ranged... -
Viet Nam: Transport Connections in Northern Mountainous Provinces Project
The project was to rehabilitate 304 kilometers (km) of provincial roads in the country’s six northern mountainous provinces: Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, and Yen Bai. The project area was 38,693 square kilometers, with a population... -
The Country Partnership Strategy: People’s Republic of China, 2016–2020 sought to support the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in its efforts to foster environmental protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation, regional cooperation and...
People’s Republic of China Validation of the Country Partnership Strategy Final Review, 2016–2020
Successful ADB Projects, 2000-2018
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