The Annual Evaluation Review (AER) is the flagship report of the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) on the operational performance and results of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This is an important year for the AER as it marks the first full year of Strategy 2030’s implementation. The…
ADB’s assistance to Indonesia over the evaluation period has helped it achieve its key development objectives, including reducing its population below the absolute poverty line to less than 10%, but significant challenges remain in fostering inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth.…
This evaluation assesses the School Sector Program (SSP) successful, although it did not fully meet the ambitious targets it had set. The program led to some important achievements in the education sector, the establishment of a national student assessment system, the development of school…
In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, central banks in the largest advanced countries innovated aggressively to restart growth and combat persistent deflationary risks, while policymakers elsewhere were faced by spillovers from extremely easy global liquidity conditions. This report…
This evaluation assesses the IMF’s engagement with countries in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). Helping these countries has been deemed an international priority because of their own great needs and the dangerous implications of persistent fragility for regional and global…