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Completion evaluation Background IFAD started its operations in Yemen in 1979 and since then has funded 20 agriculture and rural development projects in the country. The total costs of these...

Background1 India is the largest borrower from IFAD, both in terms of number of projects financed and resources invested. The Fund has provided loans for 24 agriculture and rural development...

Objectives and main lines of the evaluation. In 2009, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) undertook its first evaluation of...

Completion evaluation Objectives, process and core learning partnership of the evaluation Objectives. In 2009, the IFAD Office of Evaluation conducted a final evaluation of the Roots and Tubers...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) completed a joint evaluation on agriculture and rural development (ARD) in Africa, in December...

This is the first country programme evaluation undertaken by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD for Argentina. The evaluation found that the performance of the investment portfolio is...

This is the seventh Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) prepared by the Office of Evaluation (OE). It presents a synthesis of the main results and impact from evaluations...

Interim Evaluation Executive summary Background In December 2007, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to...

Completion evaluation - Executive summary Introduction Evaluation objectives and process. The completion evaluation of the Upper Mandraré Basin Development Project – Phase II (PHBM II) is intended...

Interim Evaluation Introduction Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. In the spring of 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD undertook an Interim Evaluation of the Uplands Food...

Poverty in the Philippines is predominantly rural and Western Mindanao is one of the poorest and least developed regions in the Philippines. The agriculture sector accounts for over a third of...

Poverty in the Philippines is predominantly rural and Western Mindanao is one of the poorest and least developed regions in the Philippines. The agriculture sector accounts for over a third of...

The objectives of the country programme evaluation (CPE) are to assess the performance and impact of the IFAD country programme in Nigeria and develop findings and recommendations. These will serve...

In December 2007, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a completion evaluation of the Rural...

Country Programme evaluation Background In 2007/2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in...

Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in Ethiopia. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...

IFAD assistance to Ethiopia. IFAD has provided loans totalling US$206 million to finance 13 projects in Ethiopia since 1980. A further US$288 million in cofinancing for these projects has been...

Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in The Sudan. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...

Interim evaluation Agreement at completion point Background and introduction In 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted an...

Interim evaluation Introduction In April 2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Uplands Food Security Project (UFSP) in the Democratic People's...