This edition of eVALUation Matters explores how the fourth industrial revolution, digitization and the associated boom in disruptive technologies are shaping the practice of evaluation primarily in Africa, and its implications for the African Development Bank’s work.
This edition focuses on new thinking and strategies on the why, what, and how of promoting a culture of evaluation. It draws on a wide variety of case studies from various institutions and African countries to explain why an evaluation culture is important, what it should look like and which…
he evaluation was in response to a request by the Bank’s Board of Directors for information on the results of the Bank’s support for WSS (UA 3.7 billion) and AWM (UA 2.2 billion) during the evaluation period. It aimed to inform the Bank’s strategies and operational approach to water sector…
This evaluation aims to inform the design and implementation of the Bank’s future agricultural water management interventions in the context of the Feed Africa Strategy. Its main objectives were to assess the Bank-financed agricultural water management results from 2005 to 2016 (examining…