The purpose of the evaluation is to facilitate effective implementation of the Bank’s CSE Action Plan (2019–2021) and to inform the design of a new AfDB CSE Strategy.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB or “the Bank”) undertakes self-evaluations of its sovereign operations through Project Completion Reports (PCRs) prepared by the Bank’s operations departments. Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the Bank subsequently validates the PCRs, and…
The objectives of this impact evaluation were: (i) to estimate the impacts of AfDB-supported integrated infrastructure projects on key intermediate and long-term outcomes; (ii) to identify explanatory factors that affect the development outcomes of the project; and (iii) to generate lessons…
IDEV has carried out an evaluation of the Bank’s support to the energy sector for the period 1999-2018. During this period, the Bank committed nearly 18 billion USD to 306 projects in its Regional Member Countries (RMCs). Almost half of the funds went to power generation. The rest went to…
This report presents IDEV’s first assessment of the adoption of evaluation recommendations, as captured in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Management Action Record System (MARS), established in 2013.
The purpose of the evaluation was to account for the Bank’s operations in Egypt and to foster learning to help improve the Bank’s future performance. The evaluation highlights key lessons and recommendations for consideration in future program design.