As mandated by its charter, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gives a high priority to supporting regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia and the Pacific. The Bank recognizes that RCI is essential for achieving sustainable growth and poverty reduction. It has helped to finance and…
The purpose of the 2022 Annual Evaluation Review is to provide a comprehensive account of the evaluation activities undertaken by the Independent Evaluation Department over a year of renewed crises.
EBRD has been implementing the Green Cities Programme (GrCP) since 2016 to promote municipal solutions to mitigate or adapt to climate change. This evaluation presents the results of the interim evaluation of the first five years of GrCP implementation (2016-2021).
Procurement plays a big part in development effectiveness, and the quality of public procurement practices is a major determinant of effective public spending. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) generates around $9.5 billion a year for the procurement of goods and services though loans and…
The EBRD Shareholder Special Fund (SSF) was established in 2008 to respond more effectively to the remaining transition challenges in EBRD’s regions of operation. This report evaluates the SSF during the period spanning January 2016 to December 2020.
This fifth issue of the “Connecting the Dots” series covers a range of important elements of private sector support to reconstruction efforts in conflict-affected countries.