The IEO released its 2025 Annual Report, which provides an overview of recent activities including our completed evaluation on The IMF’s Exceptional Access Policy. The report also covers the recent IEO Evaluation Policy, follow-up on IEO evaluations, and the IEO work program.
This paper updates the 2021 Connecting the Dots publication, which reviewed 12 independent evaluations and related strategies, scorecards, and diagnostics from eight IFIs. Since then, between April 2024 and April 2025, the evaluation departments of the Asian Development Bank, European…
Covering ADB projects categorized as contributing to livable cities from 2017 to 2024, the evaluation focused on ADB’s five operational approaches to supporting livable cities
In 2015, ADB approved the Third CMDP (CMDP3) to advance reforms aimed (i) strengthen market stability, (ii) improve market facilitation, (iii) broaden supply measures, and (iv) expand demand measures. The program ran until 2020 and supported initiatives such as mutual fund development and…
In response to a government request, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a programmatic assistance in 2007 to support governance reforms. The Good Governance Program in Bangladesh was implemented from 2007 to 2018 and provided policy-based loans and technical assistance to advance the…
This evaluation offers an in-depth assessment of ADB support for health from 2011 to 2024, focusing on its strategic relevance, implementation effectiveness, and institutional coherence.