The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook an evaluation synthesis on smallholder farmers' access to markets. The exercise was based on a desk review, mainly IOE evaluations conducted between 2005 and 2015, complemented by interviews and a review of external literature.
Since 1979, IFAD has invested more than US$928 million in 27 programmes and projects in India, with a total cost of $2.6 billion when cofinancing is included, directly benefitting 4.4 million households.
This evaluation reviews several EBRD operations to support bank stability in south-eastern Europe and to place capital in the real economy. It looks at the extent to which the operations contributed to systemic bank stability in south-eastern Europe, what signal the intervention sent to the…
Evaluation of IFAD supported projects in Turkey during the period 2003-2015 which have directly benefited over a million households. The evaluation highlights the strategic importance of the long-standing partnership between IFAD and the government of Turkey.
EBRD projects often target transition impact by extending markets through direct or or indirect positive effects on supply chains and backward linkages. This study examines projects where this has been a key objective, assessing how efforts are integrated into project design and the results of…