Caught in a Trap? Asia and the Pacific's Middle-Income Countries at a Crossroads
The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) at ADB in partnership with the Thammasat University of Bangkok, Thailand (Faculty of Economics) will host a learning event entitled Caught in a Trap? Asia and the Pacific's Middle-Income Countries at a Crossroads, at the Shangri-La Hotel on 21 June 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Its main focus will be the variety of challenges and opportunities that face middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific.
DAC EvalNet meeting
Details on the next OECD DAC Evalnet meeting will be available on their website.
Policy-Based Lending 2008–2017: Performance, Results, and Issues of Design
Policy-based lending (PBL) provides developing member countries with fast-disbursing budget support while, at the same time, creating an opportunity for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to influence policy reforms to boost growth and poverty reduction.
Thematic Evaluation Study on ADB's Support to Gender and Development
This evaluation of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) support for gender and development (GAD) examined the relevance and results of ADB's gender priorities at the corporate, country, and project levels during 2005–2015.
Caught in a Trap? Asia and the Pacific's Middle-Income Countries at a Crossroads
ADB's Independent Evaluation Department will host Caught in a Trap? Asia and the Pacific's Middle-Income Countries at a Crossroads - a learning event on 21 June 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Full details are available in the ECG calendar or on the ADB website.
New publication: Crisis Response and Resilience to Systemic Shocks: Lessons from IEG Evaluations
IEG has just published a synthesis of existing evaluations which seeks to draw lessons from key IEG evaluations of World Bank Group support for strengthening client country response and resilience to systemic shocks. The synthesis seeks to draw lessons from key IEG evaluations of World Bank Group support for strengthening client country response and resilience to systemic shocks.