This first edition of the “Evaluation Learning Lens”, a new series by the IEvD, provides clear, actionable insights from EBRD’s COVID-19 response. It highlights key lessons on crisis preparedness, swift emergency actions, and long-term recovery strategies. The rapid adaptation of EBRD’s…
This evaluation assesses how well the World Bank is supporting a blue economy approach to achieve sustainable and inclusive development of ocean and coastal states.
The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) conducted its second subregional evaluation (SRE) on IFAD’s experience in the Dry Corridor of Central America. The SRE covered the period 2008 to 2023.
The unprecedented global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic created a unique stress-testing environment for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), challenging its operational norms and prompting an expedited response. The first among its peer international…
This evaluation, the first for a multilateral development bank, assesses the EBRD’s additionality and transition impact in MREL and bail-in-able products from 2016 to 2023. While profitable and demand-driven, the EBRD’s approach has been projectbased, lacking consistent focus on systemic,…