Evaluations by the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) Independent Evaluation Department (IED 2012 and 2013) of ADB's financing to deal with natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific region shed light on the effectiveness of projects implemented to respond to a variety of these…
The EBRD's Small Business Support Programme (SBS) has been providing services since the mid-1990s. Following the EBRD's 2010 Capital Resource Review 4, SBS formed a strategic plan for 2011 to 2015 intended to sharpen its strategic focus and simultaneously integrate more fully with…
Findings of an evaluation by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's independent evaluation department (EvD) of the Bank's resident office (RO) or field presence system.
Middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific face several evolving development challenges, including poverty, inequality, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and climate change, low productivity and lack of competitiveness, macroeconomic instability, and insufficient economic…