The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD has undertaken an evaluation of the Southern Laos Food and Nutrition Security and Market Linkages Programme (FNML) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The FNML project was implemented between 2013 and 2020, reaching 173 villages in 5…
The project cluster evaluation on rural finance in East and Southern Africa (ESA) covers three projects: the Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies in Kenya; the Rural Finance Expansion Programme in Zambia; and the Rural Financial Intermediation Programme II in…
The 2023 Annual Report on the Independent Evaluation of IFAD (ARIE) is the twenty-first version of the report to be published. It analyses performance ratings from 288 project-level evaluations and 45 country strategy and programme evaluations, as well as findings from corporate-level,…
This report follows the evaluation conducted by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) that had covered the Fund’s decentralization efforts and experience during the period 2003-2015.
Innovations in rural development approaches and solutions are crucial to improve the effectiveness of agrifood systems and better meet the rising demand for food worldwide. Innovations are thus critical for IFAD to achieve its mandate of investing in rural people and enabling inclusive and…
This is the second country strategy and programme evaluation carried out in the United Mexican States by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD. It covers the partnership between the Government and IFAD from 2007 to 2018. During this period, IFAD has invested in seven projects and…