Independent External Evaluation: Results of the random sampling exercise - IOE
Independent External Evaluation: Results of the random sampling exercise
Independent External Evaluation (IEE): Selection of Countries, Projects & TAGs
IFAD's Executive Board has insisted from the beginning of the IEE process that the sampling methodology used to select the countries and projects to be studied by the IEE team in the desk study and during the field visits is random. Random sampling is one way to ensure that the IEE is independent, impartial and credible.
The purpose of this communication is to provide feedback on the results of the random sampling exercise which took place last Friday, 30 January, at 11am in the Office of Evaluation. Approximately 40 IFAD staff attended the event including representatives from the regional divisions, OE and other organizational units. Mr Jim Carruthers, Assistant President PMD, Mr Luciano Lavizzari, Director OE, and Mr Derek Poate, the IEE team leader were also present.
The first task was to randomly select 21 countries (4 from Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Near East and North Africa, and 5 from Asia and the Pacific) for the IEE desk study. Then ten countries (2 from each region) were again randomly selected from the initial selection of 21 countries for the IEE field work.
Later the same morning, 42 projects from the 21 selected countries and 4 TAGs (taken from a list of IFAD TAGs approved by the Board between 1994 and 2003) were randomly selected. Finally, 20 of those 42 projects were selected for the desk study. This part of the selection process enjoyed a smaller audience but included representatives from OE, PMD and Information Training and Development (ITAD) – the IEE service provider.
The sample countries, projects and TAGs are presented below.
A. Countries and projects for desk study |
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Countries and projects in PA Burkina Faso
Ghana
Guinea
Senegal
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Countries and projects in PF Eritrea
Mozambique
Rwanda
Tanzania
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Countries and projects in PI Bangladesh
India
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
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Countries and projects in PL Bolivia
Chile
Guatemala
Peru
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Countries and projects in PN Armenia
Egypt
Jordan
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs)
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B. Countries and projects for field visit |
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Countries and projects in PA Burkina Faso
Guinea
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Countries and projects in PI Bangladesh
Pakistan
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Countries and projects in PF Mozambique
Tanzania
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Countries and projects in PL Bolivia
Peru
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Countries and projects in PN Armenia
Egypt
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It is important to note that in addition to the projects listed in the above tables, the IEE is expected to review the documentation pertaining to all other projects in the 21 listed countries that became effective between 1994 and 2003.
Fine-tuning the technology |
Trying to second guess the outcome |