Call for expressions of interest. 

The service providers will be requested to lead evaluations included in IG/EV’s work programme (and other ad-hoc requests) corresponding to evaluation products stated in Annex A ‘Technical Specifications’. The FA service providers should have a high level of expertise in evaluation methodology and tools and a good knowledge of the EU context.

On the occasion of the G7 Summit on 27 June 2022, the 2X Collaborative announced the launch of a co-creation process to develop an independent 2X Certification Mechanism for the investment industry.

The program aimed to reduce income inequality and improve social sector spending—such as pro-poor-related expenditures on education, health and social security, and public infrastructure. Its expected impact was a reduced household income inequality, which is aligned with the National Medium-term Development Plan, 2015–2019. The expected outcome was improved social sector and infrastructure spending by 2021. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.

The Lanzhou–Chongqing Railway Development Project (the project) was aimed at improving the railway system in the western region by (i) constructing 820 km of railway lines and 31 stations with equipment installed for train operations, and (ii)  strengthening institutional capacity of the proposed project implementing and operating agency. Its target impact was an improved transport system in the region that supported socioeconomic development and the western development strategy.

This session will examine global international high-speed rail (HSR) policy and project experiences and lessons learned to support HSR network development in Asia

This virtual conference will feature new research on rural and agricultural development in the digital age in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific and globally.

This report presents the findings of the project performance evaluation of the Regional Power Transmission Enhancement Project in Georgia.  This evaluation was prepared 5 years after the loan closed in May 2017 and 4 years after the project completion report (PCR), which was circulated in May 2018. This allowed enough time to pass for a proper assessment of the project’s effectiveness, progress, and longterm sustainability. 

Inflation in the OECD rises to 9.2% in April 2022 as food and services prices accelerate

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfill and less than a fifth recycled, according to a new OECD report.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth and rising inflation.