As part of its 2018-2019 annual work program, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has evaluated the Country Program with Costa Rica 2015-2018. This is OVEs fifth independent evaluation of the Banks program with Costa Rica. Costa Rica has a…
The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (AfDB or “the Bank”) has conducted a comparative review of sanctions practices across five Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) with Brazil is the fifth evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Banks country program with Brazil. The CPE is divided into four chapters plus annexes. Chapter I analyzes the overall country context. Chapter II examines the IDB…
The objective of the Private Sector Environment (PSE) Cluster Evaluation was to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the Programme Based Operations (PBOs) of the AfDB that focused on the PSE. The AfDB conducted these PBOs in five countries (Egypt, Ghana, Mali,…
The evaluation of the energy governance cluster Program Based Operations (PBOs) is one of seven components of a broader evaluation on the use of PBOs by the AfDB in 2012-2017. This evaluation examines eight PBOs focused on energy, which the AfDB approved and implemented in five countries (…