This report presents the mid-term evaluation of the African Development Bank Group's (AfDB or "the Bank") Policy on Results-Based Financing (RBF). Approved on a pilot basis in November 2017 by the AfDB Board of Directors, the RBF became the Bank’s third financing instrument,…
The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (AfDB) conducted a comparative study on the operating models of six Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), notably, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the InterAmerican…
This Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation provides country-level evidence on the performance of GEF interventions focused on environmental issues related to drylands in countries with a large drylands' extent.
This evaluation will assess the GEF's strategy and interventions that address water security across all its focal areas including its relevance to country and beneficiary needs, effectiveness in achieving global environmental benefits and water security co-benefits, and the sustainability…
This evaluation will assess the extent to which community-based approaches are prevalent in the GEF projects and programs, their characteristics, the extent to which these approaches influence the effectiveness and sustainability of GEF interventions, and to provide lessons on their use.
In 2023, IDEV remained committed to its triple mandate: fostering learning, accountability, and an evaluation culture within the Bank and its Regional Member Countries. IDEV delivered 14 evaluation products that contributed to the work of the AfDB by providing insights on what worked well and…