ADB fields ‘EVA’ to help govts track Covid spending
WITH billions being spent on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Independent Evaluation Department (IED) said countries and even multilaterals cannot bypass evaluation and monitoring.
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2020 Perception Survey of Independent Evaluation at Asian Development Bank
The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank conducts a perception survey regularly to gain a better understanding of the perception that different stakeholders have of IED and its function, and its evaluation knowledge products and services.
Lessons for AfDB's response to COVID
IDEV is contributing to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with relevant and actionable knowledge to help the African Development Bank (AfDB or “Bank’) respond more effectively to the crisis.
Independent Evaluation Office, Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Independent Evaluation Office (ODEI, as read in Spanish), CABEI
ODEI is responsible for evaluating CABEI’s performance to verify the effective contribution of the Bank in the development of the Central American region and the rest of beneficiary countries.
ODEI is attached to and depends exclusively on CABEI’s Board of Directors, therefore does not report to management, hence its independence.
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ECG Spring 2020 meeting
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the ECG Spring 2020 meeting was held virtually. Full details only available to ECG members.
BLOG: The World Bank and global collaboration: Lessons for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response
Blog piece by IEG's Rasmus Heltberg & Anna Aghumian
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) calls for an international response. But when and why does collective action work best? We studied the World Bank Group’s global collaborations to find out.
See more on the IEG website.
Now available: ECG Practice Note 5 Following Up and Reporting on the Implementation of Recommendations
This ECG Practice Note focuses on the last step in the evaluation process, namely the follow up and reporting on the implementation of recommendations, which are defined as the systematic assessment of, and reporting on, the extent to which the agreed and/or partially agreed evaluation recommendations are implemented as planned.
Now available. Episode 2 of Evaluation HEAD-lines: Remote Approaches to Evaluations in Times of COVID-19
Interviews with Fabrizio Felloni, Independent Office of Evaluation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Juha Uitto, Independent Evaluation Office at Global Environment Facility (GEF).
IEG Lesson Library: Evaluative Resources and Evidence to inform the COVID-19 Response
IEG has a created a repository of work highlighting lessons from previous crisis which can help guide responses to the current Coronavirus pandemic.
As the global community ramps up efforts to confront the Coronavirus pandemic, evidence from the responses to past crises offers important lessons on what worked and why. These lessons can help guide the various responses to the health and economic challenges posed by the Coronavirus.