Independent Evaluation
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2019 Annual Evaluation Review
The 2019 Annual Evaluation Review (AER) is a tool for accountability and learning. As such, it presents a synthesis of the performance of the ADB and highlights results and issues from independent evaluations conducted in 2018. The special chapter in this edition focuses on a review of ADB’s corporate results framework and the Development Effectiveness Review.
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Sector Assistance Program Evaluation for the Pakistan Power Sector
This report evaluates the performance of ADB’s support to the Pakistan energy sector over the previous decade with the aim of gaining insights and lessons learned from past investments and guide ADB’s future involvement in Pakistan’s energy sector.
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Sector-wide Evaluation: ADB’s Support for the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development Sector
This evaluation finds that ADB’s overall support for sustainable agriculture and food security has been significant in terms of lending volume, but modest on results. This assessment is based on the weakness of ADB’s strategic guidance, limited development outcomes, and inadequate institutional arrangements for delivery.
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State-Owned Enterprise Engagement and Reform
The evaluation provides an independent assessment of ADB’s engagements in state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms and draws lessons for future engagement with them. The evaluation is to inform the ADB Board and Management of ADB’s experience to date with SOE reforms and to guide ADB’s engagement with SOEs as it implements the corporate Strategy 2030.
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Support for Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises, 2005–2017: Business Environment, Access to Finance, Value Chains, and Women in Business
This thematic evaluation assessed the performance and results of Asian Development Bank operations supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Evolve and Expand Support to Agriculture in Cambodia: Independent Evaluation in ADB
ADB will need to evolve and expand its support to Cambodia's agriculture sector to help support the country's growth, mitigate the effects of climate change, and attract more private sector involvement to feed a growing urban... -
‘Sink or Sync’: Experts Discuss the Urgency of Managing Natural Resources and Vulnerability in Asia and Pacific
Climate change is not a distant or imaginary threat, but an undeniable reality. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific. At the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB's Board of Governors in Fiji, a panel of experts organized by... -
Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific Will Boost Long-Term Growth - Marvin Taylor-Dormond and Vinod Thomas
To tackle the emerging development challenges facing the region, policymakers, and crucially policy advice, need to use measures of sustainable development. -
ADB’s Strategy 2030 Needs to be Accompanied by a Strong Results Orientation: Independent Evaluation
ADB's new long-term corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, which came into effect this year, needs to be accompanied by a strong focus on results supported by an improved corporate results framework, says the 2019 Annual Eval... -
Chair’s Summary of the Committee Discussion on 8 April 2019
This paper documents the Chair's Summary of the Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussion held on 8 April 2019. The Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussed two chapters in the Independent Evaluation Department’s (IED) 2019 Annual... -
Chair’s Summary of the Committee Discussion on 5 April 2019
This paper documents the Chair's Summary of the Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussion held on 5 April 2019. The Development Effectiveness Committee (DEC) discussed the Strategy, Policy and Review Department’s (SPD) 2018 Development...
Successful ADB Projects, 2010-2017
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