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Independent External Evaluation of IFAD (IEE)
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Rural differentiation and smallholder development
This synthesis report is based on two main sources of information: review of current external literature; and IFAD sources (a review of IOE evaluations, Programme Management Department (PMD)...
Kingdom of Morocco - Tafilalet and Dades rural development project (PDRT)
Morocco
Completion evaluation1 The evaluation process Following the closing of the Tafilalet and Dades Rural Development Project (PDRT), a completion evaluation was undertaken by the Office of Evaluation...
Red de proyectos financiados por el FIDA en America Latina y el Caribe (FIDAMERICA) - Fase II
El Programa Red FIDAMERICA Fase II logró resultados significativos en relación con sus objetivos general y específicos. Dichos logros también indican que la realización de una tercera fase...
Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro
Interim evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation The interim evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro (PASK) had a double objective:...
Languages: English, French
Mali Country Programme Evaluation
Mali
IFAD started its operations in Mali in 1982 since when it has financed 12 projects. This country programme evaluation is the second carried out in the country and it covers the period 2007-2012....
Languages: English, French
Rural Poverty-Reduction Programme
Mongolia
The project was successful in providing key services to remote herders such as hospitals, school dormitories, kindergartens and literacy training. It supported income diversification, and was...
Rural Poverty Reduction Project in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng
Cambodia
The project performance assessment project had positive impacts with regards to productivity increase, livelihoods and food security, and met its overarching objectives. The significant economic...
IFAD's Institutional Efficiency and Efficiency of IFAD-funded Operations
Background and objectives This report presents the findings and recommendations of the corporate-level evaluation on IFAD's efficiency (CLEE). The CLEE responds to the growing interest in the...
Approach papers
2013 Plurinational State of Bolivia Country programme evaluation People's Republic of China Country programme evaluation Republic of Indonesia Country programme evaluation Republic of Moldova...
Mexico: Proyecto de Desarrollo Rural de Oaxaca
Mexico
Ex-post evaluation Área rural de la Chatina (en Juquila y Sola de Vega), Miahuatlán y Pochutla, Estado de Oaxaca. Es una de las más pobres del Estado de Oaxaca, que es -a su vez- uno de los estados...
IFAD’s Engagement with Cooperatives - A Study in Relation to the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives
Cooperatives are not the only farmers' organizations (FOs) to receive IFAD support. However, because the United Nations has designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), it was...
Independent External Evaluation of IFAD (IEE)
During its deliberations, the Consultation on the Sixth Replenishment of IFAD's Resources endorsed a proposal to have an independent external evaluation (IEE) of IFAD. Accordingly, the Independent...
Republic of Mali: Country Programme Evaluation - Extract from the Agreement at Completion Point
Mali
This section presents the recommendations based on the evaluation report (chapter VIII) that the Government of Mali and IFAD's management agreed to adopt and implement, following a specific...
Languages: English, French
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Dry Zone Livelihood Support and Partnership Programme
Sri Lanka
The Independent Office of Evaluation conducted its first Impact Evaluation in 2013 of an IFAD-funded project: the Sri Lanka Dry Zone Livelihood Support and Partnership Programme. The Impact...
Evaluation synthesis: Results-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programmes
In December 2011, the Executive Board requested the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD to prepare a synthesis report on the experience gained in results-based country strategic opportunities...
National Microfinance Support Programme
India
The project performance assessment of the National Microfinance Support Programme was successful in achieving its objectives and meeting major targets with respect to supporting the sector’s...
Nepal Country Programme Evaluation
Nepal
This country programme evaluation covers over a decade of IFAD’s cooperation with Nepal (1999-2012). IFAD’s support during the evaluated period has concentrated on rural poverty alleviation through...
Uganda Country Programme Evaluation (2013)
Uganda
This first country programme evaluation for Uganda covers the cooperation and partnership between IFAD and the Government of Uganda over the period 1998-2011Overall, the portfolio performance is...
ECG paper on Gender equality and development evaluation units
This synthesis was undertaken at the request of the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) members, following a panel discussion of gender evaluations at the 2011 ECG meeting in Washington D.C. The fi...
Yemen Country Programme Evaluation
Yemen
The country programme evaluation looks at results achieved in the last 17 years (since the last CPE in 1992). Overall these have been positive, with IFAD making a significant contribution towards...
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2012
This tenth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) presents a review of evaluations completed in 2011, with particular emphasis on highlighting what has changed since the...
Forest Resource Management Project
Zambia
The project facilitated the formation of village resource management committees and producer groups; communities acquired valuable knowledge and skills under the project’s various training...
Microfinance and Technical Support Project
Bangladesh
The project was designed as a unique intervention bundling technical and financial services to support income generating activities for moderately and hard core poor households. In spite of a...
Rural Business Development Programme
Republic of Moldova
In the process of facilitating post-independence economic transition in Moldova, IFAD provided relevant and timely interventions in identified bottleneck areas of rural business development. The...
Northern Mindanao Community Initiatives and Resource Management Project
Philippines
The IFAD-supported Northern Mindanao Community Initiatives and Resource Management Project achieved positive results, having overcome a slow start-up and initial difficulties with the flow of...
Community-Based Rural Development Project in Kampong Thom and Kampot
Cambodia
The objectives of the Community-Based Rural Development Project in Kampong Thom and Kampot in Cambodia were to increase food production and farm income and increase capacity of the poor to use the...
Rural Recovery and Development Programme
Burundi
Burundi’s major challenge, at the time of start-up of the Rural Recovery and Development Programme, was to reactivate the economy in the wake of the crisis by restoring the production base and...
Languages: English, French
Viet Nam Country Programme Evaluation
Viet Nam
IFAD-supported country programme in Viet Nam focused on support to decentralization, investment in small-scale infrastructure, market integration and microfinance. Satisfactory results were...
Ghana: Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Ghana
Background and introduction The Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of IFAD conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Ghana in 2010/2011. The CPE had two basic objectives: (i) to...
Viet Nam Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point (2012)
Viet Nam
Background and introduction The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Viet Nam in 2010-2011. This was the second wide-ranging, strategic...
IFAD’s direct supervision and implementation
This first evaluation synthesis report issued by IOE makes an initial assessment of the progress made so far in implementing IFAD’s Policy on Supervision and Implementation Support, identifying...
Rwanda Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point (2012)
Rwanda
Background and introduction The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Rwanda in 2010/2011. The CPE had two basic objectives: (i) to...
Rural Areas Economic Development Programme
Armenia
The Rural Areas Economic Development Programme left a visible and positive impact on rural areas development in Armenia in many respects. Through establishment of the Rural Finance Facility the...
Republic of Yemen Country programme evaluation - Extract of Agreement and Completion Point
Yemen
Introduction This is the second IFAD country programme evaluation (CPE) for Yemen since the Fund started its operations in the country in 1979 (the first CPE was conducted in 1992). The CPE had two...
National Programme for Rangeland Rehabilitation and Development
Jordan
The IFAD-supported National Programme for Rangeland Rehabilitation and Development performed poorly during its first years and suffered as well from the socio-economic complexity and environmental...
Ghana Country Programme Evaluation
Ghana
Ghana is the largest recipient of IFAD’s loans and grants in the West and Central Africa region. Compared with past results the performance of IFAD-funded portfolio in Ghana has improved according...
Rwanda Country Programme Evaluation
Rwanda
The performance of the IFAD-funded project portfolio in Rwanda has improved significantly since the country programme evaluation of 2005, especially with regard to effectiveness and efficiency, and...
Rural Financial Services Project
Ghana
Project performance assessment The most important results of the Rural Financial Services Project in Ghana were of institutional nature. The project helped strengthen the regulatory and oversight...
Area-Based Agricultural Modernization Programme
Uganda
The overall goal of the Area-Based Agricultural Modernization Programme in Uganda was to increase the incomes and food security of poor rural households in the programme areas and to modernize...
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2011
This is the ninth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE). It consolidates and synthesizes the results and...
Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development Project
Rwanda
The Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development Project (PDCRE ), which became effective September 2003, will close in September 2011. Because the Government of Rwanda has indicated that it may...
Rural Financial Intermediation Programme
Ethiopia
Interim Evaluation Introduction An interim evaluation of the Rural Financial Intermediation Programme (RUFIP) in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was conducted in 2009. The main...
Rural Income Diversification Project in Tuyen Quang Province
Viet Nam
Project Performance Assessment During the implementation of the Rural Income Diversification Project in Tuyen Quang Province (RIDP), in 2002–2010, Viet Nam was still undergoing the fundamental...
Sustainable Development Project for Agrarian Reform Settlemen North-East (Dom Hélder Câmara Project)
Brazil
Introduction Objectives. In line with the decision of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at its 98th session on 15 December 2009, the IFAD Office of...
Languages: English, Portuguese
South Western Region Small Farmers Project - Phase II
Dominican Republic
Completion evaluation Introduction Evaluation process and objectives. In 2008, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested the Independent Office of...
Languages: English, Spanish
Rural Financial Services Programme and Agricultural Marketing Systems Development Programme
United Republic of Tanzania
Interim evaluation The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) conducted a joint interim evaluation of two IFAD-supported programmes: (i) the Rural Financial Services Programme (RFSP); and...
Rural Financial Services Programme and Agricultural Marketing Systems Development Programme
United Republic of Tanzania
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has requested IFAD to provide continued support for rural finance and agricultural marketing in a second phase programme that builds on and merges...
Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro - Interim Evaluation
Mauritania
Introduction Objectives and evaluation process. The interim evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro (PASK) is intended, first, to fulfill the obligation of the...
Languages: English, French
Rural Enterprises Project – Phase II
Ghana
Interim Evaluation Introduction. The interim evaluation of the Ghana Rural Enterprises Project, Phase II (REP II) was conducted by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) in line with...