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Independent External Evaluation of IFAD (IEE) - Hotlinks
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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)
Maroc
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
Objectifs, processus et partenariat d'évaluation L'évaluation intermédiaire du Projet de lutte contre la pauvreté dans l'Aftout sud et le Karakoro (PASK) avait un double objectif : répondre à...
Langues: English, French
Mali Country Programme Evaluation (2013)
Mali
Résumé exécutif Cette évaluation de programme de pays (EPP) est la deuxième conduite au Mali, la première s'étant achevée en 2007. La période évaluée par cette EPP s'étend de 2007 jusqu'au début de...
Langues: English, French
Rural Poverty-Reduction Programme
Mongolie
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
Cambodge
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
Mexique
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
Introduction En 2012, le Bureau indépendant de l'évaluation (IOE) du FIDA a conduit la deuxième évaluation du programme de pays (EPP) au Mali, la première s'étant achevée en 2007. Cette EPP,...
Langues: 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
Inde
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
Népal
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)
Ouganda
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
Yémen
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
Zambie
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
République de 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
Cambodge
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...
Programme de relance et de développement du monde rural
Burundi
Évaluation de la performance du projet L'examen par les pairs du Bureau indépendant de l'évaluation du FIDA et de sa fonction d'évaluation, effectué en 2010 par l'Evaluation Cooperation Group...
Langues: 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
Arménie
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
Yémen
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
Jordanie
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
Ouganda
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
Éthiopie
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)
Brésil
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...
Langues: English, Portuguese
South Western Region Small Farmers Project - Phase II
République dominicaine
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...
Langues: English, Spanish
Rural Financial Services Programme and Agricultural Marketing Systems Development Programme
République-Unie de Tanzanie
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
République-Unie de Tanzanie
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...
Projet de lutte contre la pauvreté dans l'Aftout sud et le Karakoro
Mauritanie
Introduction Objectifs et processus de l'évaluation. L'évaluation intermédiaire du Projet de lutte contre la pauvreté dans l'Aftout sud et le Karakoro (PASK) vise, d'une part, à répondre à...
Langues: 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...
Dominican Republic: South Western Region Small Farmers Project, Phase II
République dominicaine
Completion evaluation Background and Introduction The IFAD Office of Evaluation conducted a completion evaluation of the South Western Region Small Farmers Project, Phase II, in the Dominican...
Langues: English, Spanish
Republic of the Niger: Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Niger
Objectifs, processus et partenariat relatifs à l'évaluation En 2009, le Bureau indépendant de l'évaluation du FIDA a conduit une première évaluation du programme de pays (EPP) du FIDA au Niger....
Langues: English, French
Kenya: Country Programme Evaluation
Kenya
Agreement at completion point Introduction IFAD has funded 15 projects in Kenya since the first project was approved in 1979. The total cost of the project portfolio is US$378 million, including...
The Federative Republic of Brazil: Sustainable development project for agrarian reform settlementsin the Semi-Arid North-East (Dom Hélder Câmara Project)
Brésil
Core learning partnership and users of the evaluation The IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) undertook an interim evaluation of the IFAD-financed Sustainable Development Project for the Agrarian...
Langues: English, Portuguese
Kenya Country Programme Evaluation
Kenya
This is the first country programme evaluation of Kenya by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD, since the Fund started its operations in the country in 1979. Among other areas, the...
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Rural Financial Intermediation Programme
Éthiopie
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Background and the core learning partnership In 2009-2010, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the Rural Financial...
Republic of Ghana: Rural Enterprises Project, Phase II
Ghana
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Introduction In July 2010, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Rural Enterprises Project,...
Lao People's Democratic Republic Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project
République démocratique populaire lao
Completion Evaluation Introduction In 2010, a completion evaluation of the Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project (OCISP) was conducted in Lao PDR. The main objectives were: (i) to assess...
Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro
Mauritanie
Objectifs, processus et partenariat d'évaluation L'évaluation intermédiaire du Projet de lutte contre la pauvreté dans l'Aftout sud et le Karakoro (PASK) avait un double objectif : répondre à...
Langues: English, French
Republic of Rwanda: Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development Project
Rwanda
Interim Evaluation: Agreement at Completion Point Introduction The IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development...
Republic of Uganda: Vegetable Oil Development Project
Ouganda
The core learning partnership and evaluation stakeholders In 2009, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) in...
Yarmouk Agricultural Resources Development Project
Jordanie
Project Performance Assessment Background. In 2010, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook a pilot project performance assessment (PPA) of the IFAD-financed Yarmouk...
Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project
République démocratique populaire lao
Completion Evaluation Evaluation objectives. A completion evaluation of the Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project (OCISP) was conducted in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in 2010....
Vegetable Oil Development Project
Ouganda
Introduction The project The Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) was approved by the IFAD Executive Board in April 1997; it has had a number of extensions and is now due to complete on 31...
Vegetable Oil Development Project
Ouganda
Interim evaluation The overall goal of the Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) is to increase household cash income of smallholders by revitalizing and increasing domestic vegetable oil...
IFAD's Private-Sector Development and Partnership Strategy
Background and objectives (see paragraphs 69-71).1 Upon approving IFAD's Private-Sector Development and Partnership Strategy in 2005 (hereafter referred to as the private-sector strategy), the...
République du Bénin: Évaluation finale du Programme de développement de la culture des racines et tubercules
Bénin
L’objectif général du Programme de développement de la culture des racines et tubercules au Bénin était de contribuer durablement à la lutte contre la pauvreté à travers : la diversification et...
Langues: English, French
Qinling Mountain area Poverty-alleviation Project (2010)
Chine
Interim Evaluation Introduction Evaluation objectives. An interim evaluation of the Qinling Mountain Area Poverty-Alleviation Project (QMAPAP) in China was conducted in 2008. The main objectives...
West Guangxi Poverty-Alleviation Project (2010)
Chine
Completion Evaluation Introduction In line with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Fund's Office of Evaluation (IOE) has undertaken in 2009 a...
Raymah Area Development Project (2010)
Yémen
Introduction Objectives. As agreed with the Executive Board, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) undertook an evaluation of the IFAD-financed Raymah Area Development Project (RADP) in the Republic...
IFAD’s performance with regard to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Corporate-level evaluation Background and objectives The Consultation on the Eight Replenishment of IFAD's Resources decided in 2008 that the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) would undertake this...
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2010
This is the eighth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE). It presents a synthesis of the results and impact of IFAD-funded...
Republic of Mozambique: Country Programme Evaluation
Mozambique
Agreement at completion point Background In 2008/2009, IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in the Republic of Mozambique. The main objectives of the CPE...
Langues: English, Portuguese
Argentine Republic: Country Programme Evaluation
Argentine
Agreement at Completion Point Background and Introduction IFAD's Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Argentina in 2009/2010. The CPE had two basic...
Langues: English, Spanish
India Country Programme Evaluation
Inde
The evaluation confirms the value of IFAD’s work in addressing rural poverty in India. While the Fund has contributed to promoting pro-poor innovations in particular, it has also served as a...
Extract at Completion Point: Qinling Mountain Area Poverty-alleviation Project
Chine
Background and the core learning partnership In 2008, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an interim evaluation of the Qinling Mountain Area Poverty-Alleviation Project (QMAPAP) in China....
People’s’ Republic of China: West Guangxi Poverty-Alleviation Project -Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Chine
Core learning partnership and users of the evaluation In line with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Fund's Office of Evaluation (IOE)...
IFAD’s capacity to promote innovation and scaling up
Background. At its Ninety-fifth Session in December 2008, the Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (IEO) to undertake a corporate-level evaluation of IFAD's capacity to promote...
Republic of Yemen: Raymah Area Development Project
Yémen
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...
India: Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Inde
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...
Niger Country Programme Evaluation (2011)
Niger
Résumé exécutif Objectifs et grands axes de l'évaluation. En 2009, le Bureau indépendant de l'évaluation du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a été chargé d'entreprendre une...
Langues: English, French
Republic of Benin: Roots and Tubers Development Programme
Bénin
Évaluation intermédiaire Objectifs, processus et partenariat cle de l'evaluation Objectifs. En 2009, le Bureau de l'évaluation du FIDA a conduit une évaluation finale du Programme de développement...
Langues: English, French
AfDB-IFAD joint evaluation on agriculture and rural development in Africa
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...
Mozambique Country Programme Evaluation
Mozambique
This is the first country programme evaluation that the Independent Office of Evaluation has undertaken for Mozambique. The overriding strategic objective has been to raise the incomes of...
Langues: English, Portuguese
Argentina Country Programme Evaluation
Argentine
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...
Langues: English, Spanish
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2009
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...
Rural Development Programme for Las Verapaces (2009)
Guatemala
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...
Langues: English, Spanish
Upper Mandraré Basin Development Project – phase 2 (2009)
Madagascar
Evaluation terminale - Résumé exécutif Introduction Objectifs et processus de l'évaluation. L'évaluation terminale du Projet de mise en valeur du Haut Bassin du Mandraré phase 2 vise, d'une part, à...
Langues: English, French
Uplands Food Security Project (2009)
République populaire démocratique de Corée
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...
Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project
Philippines
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...
Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project
Philippines
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...
Nigeria Country Programme evaluation (2009)
Nigéria
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...
Rural Development Project for the Northeastern Provinces (PRODERNEA)
Argentine
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...
Langues: English, Spanish
Ethiopia: Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of the Agreement at Complection Point
Éthiopie
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...
Federal Republic of Nigeria - Extract of Agreement at completion point
Nigéria
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...
Ethiopia Country Programme Evaluation
Éthiopie
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...
Republic of the Sudan: Country programme evaluation - Extract of Agreement at completion point
Soudan
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...
Republic of Guatemala: Rural Development Programme for Las Verapaces
Guatemala
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...
Langues: English, Spanish
Republic of the Philippines: Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project (WMCIP)
Philippines
Interim evaluation Background and core learning partnership The Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project (WMCIP) targeted the poor, including indigenous people, in four provinces in Western...
Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea: Uplands Food Security Project (UFSP)
République populaire démocratique de Corée
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...
Republic of Madagascar: Upper Mandraré Basin Development Project – phase 2
Madagascar
Evaluation terminale - Accord conclusif I. Objectif, processus et partenariat cle de l'evaulation Objectifs et processus de l'évaluation. En Juin 2008, le Bureau de l'évaluation du Fonds...
Langues: English, French
The Argentine Republic Rural Development Project for the Northeastern Provinces(PRODERNEA)
Argentine
Background and introduction IFAD's independent Office of Evaluation conducted the final evaluation of the Rural Development Project for the Northeastern Provinces (PRODERNEA) in Argentina in 2008....
Langues: English, Spanish
Nigeria Country Programme evaluation (2009)
Nigéria
Executive Summary Introduction and background Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. The objectives of the country programme evaluation (CPE) are to assess the performance and impact of...
The Sudan Country Programme Evaluation
Soudan
Executive summary Introduction Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) undertook the Country...
Mountain Areas Development Programme (2008)
Albanie
Completion evaluation Introduction Background The mountain areas in Albania cover 70 per cent of the country's territory and have a considerably higher incidence of poverty than the lowland coastal...
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2008
This is the sixth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). The ARRI report consolidates and synthesizes the results and impact of...
Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project (SOCODEP) (2008)
Éthiopie
Completion evaluation Introduction The Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project (SOCODEP) was undertaken in the Southern Region of Ethiopia between 1994 and 2005. This document...
Apuseni development project (2008)
Roumanie
Completion Evaluation Introduction The economy The Apuseni Development Project (ADP) was designed and became effective at a time when Romania was still experiencing the aftershocks of the breakup...
Belize: Community-initiated Agriculture and Resource Management Project (CARD)
Belize
The Government of Belize (GoB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) co-financed the Community-initiated Agriculture and Resource...
Federative Republic of Brazil: Country Programme Evaluation
Brésil
A. Background The Office of Evaluation (OE) undertook a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Brazil in 2007. The main objective of the CPE was to assess the performance and impact of IFAD...
Langues: English, Portuguese
Kingdom of Morocco: country programme evaluation
Maroc
Le processus d'évaluation Le Bureau de l'évaluation du FIDA a entrepris une évaluation du programme de pays (EPP) du FIDA au Maroc, avec trois objectifs principaux : i) évaluer la qualité de la...
Langues: English, French
Islamic Republic of Pakistan Country programme evaluation - Extract Agreement at completion point
Pakistan
Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in Pakistan. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...
Romania: Apuseni development project
Roumanie
Completion evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2006/2007, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Apuseni Development...
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Dir Area Support Project - Extract Agreement at completion point
Pakistan
Completion evaluation Introduction In 2007, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a project completion evaluation of the Dir Area Support Project (DASP). This was the first evaluation by OE of...
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project(SOCODEP)
Éthiopie
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Background and core learning partnership The Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project (SOCODEP) was one of the first significant...
Community-based Rural Development Project (2008)
Burkina Faso
Evaluation intermédiaire Introduction Objectifs et démarche de l'évaluation. Cette évaluation intermédiaire du Deuxième programme national de gestion des terroirs conduite par le Bureau de...
Langues: English, French
Burkina Faso: Community-based Rural Development Project
Burkina Faso
Evaluation intermédiaire Objectifs, processus et partenariat clé de l'évaluation L'évaluation intermédiaire du Deuxième Programme National de Gestion de Terroirs conduite par le Bureau de...
Langues: English, French
Community-initiated Agriculture and Resource Management Project (CARD) (2008)
Belize
Completion evaluation Country background Physical and social features. Belize is a country of 22 965 km², located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico. The...
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2007
This is the fifth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) prepared by the Office of Evaluation (OE). It synthesizes the main results and impacts from the 15 IFAD-funded...
Morocco Country Programme Evaluation (2008)
Maroc
Introduction L'assistance du FIDA au Maroc. Depuis 1979, le FIDA a financé neuf projets au Maroc, ce qui représente au total 146,3 millions de US$ de prêts à conditions intermédiaires. Le coût...
Langues: English, French
Pakistan Country Programme Evaluation (2008)
Pakistan
Executive summary Introduction At its eighty-ninth session in December 2006, the Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in...
Brazil Country Programme Evaluation (2008)
Brésil
Executive summary A. Introduction In December 2005, at its eighty sixth session, IFAD's Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE)...
Langues: English, Portuguese
Development of the Puno-Cusco Corridor Project (2007)
Pérou
Interim Evaluation Introduction The interim evaluation of the Development of the Puno-Cusco Corridor Project, was carried out between March and August 2006.1 This was the sixth project implemented...
Langues: English, Spanish
Rural Microenterprise Development Programme(PADEMER) - Extract at Completion Point
Colombie
Completion evaluation The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation1 The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) carried out a completion...
Langues: English, Spanish
Rural Microenterprise Development Programme (2007)
Colombie
Completion evaluation Introduction The population of the Republic of Colombia is 45.6 million (2005), of which 23 per cent live in rural areas. The country's economy is the fifth largest in Latin...
Langues: English, Spanish
Participatory Irrigation Development Programme (2007)
République-Unie de Tanzanie
Completion Evaluation Introduction Country background The United Republic of Tanzania is a country with 38 million inhabitants. In 2005, around 75 per cent of the population lived in rural areas,...
Special Country Programme – Phase II (2007)
Niger
Evaluation terminale Introduction Objectifs et démarche de l'évaluation. Cette évaluation terminale du Programme Spécial National phase II (PSN-II) est conduite par le Bureau de l'évaluation du...
Langues: English, French
Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project
Philippines
The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) project design was highly relevant to the needs of the targeted communities. The substantial support for indigenous processes and...
IFAD’s rural Finance Policy - Corporate Level Evaluation
Corporate-level evaluation Rural finance. The rural poor – over 800 million people – require and use a variety of financial services. However, in most cases these services are inappropriate and...
IFAD’s Field Presence Pilot Programme - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Corporate-level evaluation Introduction In 2006/07, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Corporate-level Evaluation (CLE) of the Field Presence Pilot Programme (FPPP), requested by the...
IFAD’s Field Presence Pilot Programme
Corporate-level evaluation Introduction Background. In December 2003, at its eightieth session, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD's) Executive Board approved the three-year...
IFAD’s Rural Finance Policy - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Corporate-level evaluation Introduction This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) was drawn up at the end of the Corporate-level Evaluation (CLE) of IFAD's Rural Finance Policy (RFP) and operations....
Republic of Mali
Mali
Le processus d'evaluation Le Bureau de l'évaluation du FIDA a entrepris une évaluation du programme de pays (EPP) du FIDA au Mali, avec trois objectifs principaux : i) évaluer la qualité de la...
Langues: English, French
Republic of Georgia: Agricultural Development Project
Géorgie
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Completion evaluation Core Learning Partnership In 2006, IFAD's Office of Evaluation conducted a Completion Evaluation of the Agricultural Development...
Republic of Peru: Development of the Puno-Cusco Corridor Project
Pérou
Interim evaluation1 Core learning partnership and evaluation users The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has conducted an interim evaluation of the...
Langues: English, Spanish
Republic of the Philippines - Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project - (CHARM)
Philippines
Completion evaluation Background and Core Learning Partnership The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) Project targeted Indigenous communities in three provinces of the...
Republic of Mozambique: Niassa Agricultural Development Project (NADP)
Mozambique
Introduction During the period 12 – 30 September 2005, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) fielded an Evaluation Mission (EM) to Mozambique in order to undertake the necessary field work for the...
Republic of the Niger: Special Country Programme – Phase II
Niger
Evaluation terminale Demarche et partenariat cle de l'evaluation L'évaluation terminale du Programme Spécial National phase II (PSN-II) au Niger, a été entreprise par le Bureau de l'évaluation du...
Langues: English, French
United Republic of Tanzania: Participatory Irrigation Development Programme (PIDP)
République-Unie de Tanzanie
Completion evaluation Background In 2006, the International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Participatory Irrigation...
Mongolia: Arhangai Rural Poverty Alleviation Project
Mongolie
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Rural...
Agricultural Development Project (2007)
Géorgie
Completion evaluation 1 Introduction The economy. The ADP became effective in 1997 with the country still suffering from the abrupt withdrawal of Soviet Union capital at independence in 1991 and...
Niassa Agricultural Development Project (NADP) (2007)
Mozambique
Completion evaluation Project history and design The design process started in 1991 before the peace agreement in 1992. Appraisal was done in 1993, and in April 1994, IFAD's Executive Board...
Arhangai Rural Poverty Alleviation Project (2007)
Mongolie
Completion evaluation Introduction Background. After Mongolia joined IFAD in 1994, discussions between the Government of Mongolia (GOM) and the Fund led to the formulation of the first...
Mali Country Programme Evaluation (2007)
Mali
L'assistance du FIDA au Mali.Depuis 1982, le FIDA a approuvé dix prêts, dont le total s'élève à près de 126 millions de US$. Ce montant a été porté à 280 millions de US$ par les contributions du...
Langues: English, French
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2006
This is the fourth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). As in the past, the ARRI report consolidates and synthesizes the results...
Rural Development Project of the Mayan Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula (2006)
Mexique
Completion evaluation Introduction Background of the evaluation. The loan for the Rural Development Project of the Mayan Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula was approved by the Executive Board of...
Langues: English, Spanish
Fouta Djallon Agricultural Rehabilitation and Local Development Programme (PRAADEL) (2005)
Guinée
Évaluation intermédiaire1 Le but de cette mission d'évaluation intermédiaire - requise par la politique du FIDA - était d'évaluer si les résultats et l'impact du programme justifiaient une...
Langues: English, French
Upper East Region Land Conservation and Smallholder Rehabilitation Project - Phase II (2006)
Ghana
Interim Evaluation Introduction In accordance with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an Interim...
Economic Development of Poor Rural Communities Project (2006)
Venezuela (République bolivarienne du)
Interim Evaluation1 Background. PRODECOP was approved by the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in September 1996 (Loan 427-VE). The loan entered into...
Langues: English, Spanish
Southwest Anhui Integrated Agricultural Project (2006)
Chine
Completion Evaluation1 Introduction The completion evaluation mission is conceived as an independent yet consultative exercise and designed as a service to the Southwest Anhui Integrated...
Upper West Agricultural Development Project (2006)
Ghana
Interim Evaluation In accordance with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Upper...
Evaluation of IFAD’s regional strategy in Asia and the Pacific (EVEREST)
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) adopted its Regional Strategy in Asia and the Pacific in March 2002, which was the first time that the Fund coherently developed and...
Rwanda Country Programme Evaluation (2006)
Rwanda
Raison d'être et méthodologie d'évaluation1 De 1981 à 2004, le Gouvernement du Rwanda a contracté dix prêts auprès du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA), pour un montant total de...
Langues: English, French
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh: Country Programme Evaluation
Bangladesh
Country Programme Evaluation 1 This document records an agreement between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the recommendations...
United Mexican States: country programme evaluation
Mexique
The Core Learning Partnership The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) was originally set up in early 2005 and has supported the programme evaluation throughout the process up to this agreement. At the...
Langues: English, Spanish
Evaluation of IFAD’s regional strategy in Asia and the Pacific (EVEREST) - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Corporate-level evaluation Introduction The Office of Evaluation (OE) undertook the evaluation of IFAD's Regional Strategy in Asia and the Pacific (EVEREST) in 2005/2006. The full EVEREST report...
Republic of Guinea - Fouta Djallon Agricultural Rehabilitation and Local Development Programme - (PRAADEL)
Guinée
Évaluation intermédiaire 1 Préambule Le PRAADEL s'achèvera fin 2006. Dans cette perspective, les autorités de la République de la Guinée et le Département du FIDA pour l'Afrique occidentale et...
Langues: English, French
Republic of Ghana: upper West agricultural development project
Ghana
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation1 The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, the Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for...
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: economic development of poor rural communities project (PRODECOP)
Venezuela (République bolivarienne du)
Interim evaluation 1 The core learning partnership and the user of the evaluation The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted an interim...
Langues: English, Spanish
Republic of India - North Eastern Region community resource management project for upland areas
Inde
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim Evaluation Background The Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD carried out an evaluation of the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management...
United Mexican States - Development Project of the Mayan communities in the Yucatan Peninsula
Mexique
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Completion evaluation1 Core learning partnership and evaluation users The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
Langues: English, Spanish
Extract at completion point: People’s Republic of China - Southwest Anhui integrated agricultural development
Chine
Project completion evaluation Introduction The Southwest Anhui Integrated Agricultural Development Project (SWAIADP) co-funded by the Government of China, the International Fund for Agricultural...
North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas (2006)
Inde
Interim Evaluation1 The independent interim evaluation of the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas (NERCRMP) was undertaken as a standard procedure in the...
Bangladesh Country Programme Evaluation (2006)
Bangladesh
Rationale and background. The People's Republic of Bangladesh has received 22 loans from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) since 1979, more than any other country. It ranks...
United Mexican States country programme evaluation (2006)
Mexique
Introducción 1 En consulta con las autoridades mexicanas, el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) ha decidido realizar una evaluación de su programa en el país (EPP), desde el inicio...
Langues: English, Spanish
Annual Report on the Results and Impact 2005
This is the third Annual Report on the Results and Impact of IFAD’s Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). As in previous years, this ARRI consolidates and synthesizes the...
Peasant Development Fund Credit Project (2005)
Paraguay
Introduction Background. The loan for the Peasant Development Fund Credit Project – Eastern Region of Paraguay was approved by the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural...
Langues: English, Spanish
Income - Generating Activities Project (2005)
Bénin
Évaluation intermédiaire Le Projet d'activités génératrices de revenus (PAGER) du Bénin, approuvé par le Conseil d'administration (CA) du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) en...
Langues: English, French
Integrated Agricultural and Rural Development Project in the Governorate of Siliana (2004)
Tunisie
Évaluation intermédiaire 1 Mis en oeuvre en 1997 et s’inscrivant dans la stratégie nationale et régionale de CES et de réduction de la pauvreté rurale, le Projet de développement agricole intégré...
Langues: English, French
Special Country Programme, Phase II (SCP II) (2005)
Éthiopie
Interim evaluation Introduction 1 The aim of the Special Country Programme (SCP) Phase II, building on that of Phase I which was conducted in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's...
Rural Finance and Community Initiatives Project (2005)
Gambie
Interim evaluation report 1 Introduction The Interim Evaluation of the RFCIP is being conducted prior to the consideration of a second phase of the project. The evaluation mission visited The...
Direct supervision pilot programme
Background. In February 1997, the IFAD Governing Council adopted resolution 102/XX on Loan Administration and Supervision of Project Implementation, together with a Five-Year Plan of Action. The...
Republic of Bolivia: Country programme evaluation
Bolivie (État plurinational de)
Country programme evaluation Members of the Core Learning Partnership The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) included: Mr Diego Montenegro, Minister of Agriculture; Mr Gustavo Pedraza, Minister of...
Langues: English, Spanish
Organic Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Asia: People's Republic of China
Chine
Agreement at completion point Process and evaluation partnerships Between 2001 and 2002, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted a...
Thematic evaluation: Rural Financial Services in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States - Agreement at Completion Point
Albanie Arménie Azerbaïdjan Bosnie-Herzégovine Géorgie République de Moldova Roumanie ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine
Background and introduction IFAD has been involved in the Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States (CEN) region since the early 1990s, following the start of the political and...
Rwanda Country Programme Evaluation - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point (2005)
Rwanda
Évaluation du programme de pays Le partenariat clé et les utilisateurs de l'évaluation De février à octobre 2005, le Bureau de l'évaluation du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a...
Langues: English, French
Arab Republic of Egypt: Country programme evaluation
Égypte
Country programme evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation The Agreement at Completion Point (ACP), which is the end point of the evaluation process, records the...
The Gambia: rural finance and community initiatives project (RFCIP)
Gambie
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation Introduction In 2004, the Office of Evaluation of IFAD conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Rural Finance and Community Initiatives...
Republic of Ghana: upper East region land conservation and smallholder rehabilitation project (LACOSREP) - Phase II
Ghana
Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation1 The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, the Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for...
Independent External Evaluation - Information Training and Development (ITAD) of IFAD (IEE)
Information Training and Development (ITAD) ITAD ITAD capability statement ITAD website IEE team and consultants' CVs IEE team capability Team leader and three senior experts Pool of 12...
Provisional IEE work plan
The table below presents IEE work plan which includes the main dates of key IEE activities undertaken between December 2003 and April 2005. Task 1: Inception Phase Report Start 1 December 2003 End...
Independent External Evaluation of IFAD (IEE) - Photographs
IFAD operations selected for IEE study, January 2004 Signing the IFAD/ITAD contract, December 2003
Independent External Evaluation (IEE) - Newsletters and Bulletins
IFAD operations selected for IEE study, January 2004 IEE Bulletin from President of IFAD, December 2003 IEE Newsletter Issue no. 1, December 2003
Independent External Evaluation of IFAD (IEE) - Documents
Terms of reference Final Report of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of IFAD (includes the relevant excerpt of the minutes of the Eighty-Fourth Session of the Executive Board) Arabic |...
Organic Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Asia: Republic of India
Inde
Agreement at completion point Process and evaluation partnerships Between 2001 and 2002, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted a...
IFAD's performance and impact in decentralizing environments: experiences from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda
Éthiopie Ouganda République-Unie de Tanzanie
Introduction and the core learning partnership (CLP) In 2004, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a thematic evaluation on decentralisation focusing on Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. The...
Tunisia: Projet de développement agricole et rural intégré de Siliana (PDARI)
Tunisie
Évaluation intermédiaire 1 Principales constatations, recommandations et suivi convenu Iintermédiaire du Projet de développement agricole rural intégré (PDARI) de Siliana. Un partenariat clé...
Republic of Paraguay: Peasant Development Fund Credit Project
Paraguay
Completion evaluation the core learning partnership and evaluation users The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) carried out a completion...
Langues: English, Spanish
Tunisia: integrated agricultural and rural development project in the Governorate of Siliana
Tunisie
Évaluation intermédiaire 1 Principales constatations, recommandations et suivi convenu Iintermédiaire du Projet de développement agricole rural intégré (PDARI) de Siliana. Un partenariat clé...
Langues: English, French
The Republic of Uganda: district development support programme
Ouganda
Completion evaluation Agreement at completion point 1 Introduction and the Core Learning Partnership In 2004, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the District...
Agreement at Completion Point: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia:Special Country Programme, Phase II (SCP II)
Éthiopie
The Core Learning Partnership and the Users of the Evaluation 1 In 2004 the Office of Evaluation of IFAD conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Special Country Programme Phase II (SCP II) in...
Republic of Benin: Income-generating activities project
Bénin
Évaluation intermédiaire Préambule L'Accord conclusif se base sur les réflexions et discussions des partenaires relatives aux constats et recommandations figurant dans le Rapport d'évaluation...
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District Development Support Programme
Ouganda
Completion evaluation 1 Introduction The completion evaluation of the DDSP was converted from an interim to a completion evaluation mainly due to the realignment of the policy of the Government of...
Benin Country Programme Evaluation (2005)
Bénin
Depuis 1981, le FIDA a accordé au Bénin huit prêts dun montant total de 91 millions de USD. En 1997, une première stratégie de pays pour la coopération entre le FIDA et le Bénin (COSOP) a été...
Langues: English, French
Direct supervision pilot programme - Extract of Agreement at Completion Point
Corporate-level evaluation Introduction and the core learning partnership In 2004/05, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a corporate-level evaluation (CLE) of the direct supervision pilot...
Direct supervision pilot programme
Introduction Background. In February 1997, the IFAD Governing Council adopted resolution 102/XX on Loan Administration and Supervision of Project Implementation, together with a Five-Year Plan of...
Egypt Country Programme Evaluation
Égypte
Overall, most projects have objectives that are highly relevant to the IFAD and Government of Egypt strategies (at the time of design) as well as to the rural poor. The relevance of the portfolio...
Plurinational State of Bolivia Country Programme Evaluation (2005)
Bolivie (État plurinational de)
During the period 1979-2003, the Fund approved nine projects for the Plurinational State of Bolivia totaling USD 81.3 million. The overall objective of the country programme evaluation was to...
Langues: English, Spanish
Agricultural Development Project in Matam (2004)
Sénégal
Évaluation intermédiaire1 Le Projet de développement agricole de Matam (PRODAM) a été identifié en 1989 à la demande du Gouvernement sénégalais, suite aux événements avec la Mauritanie et aux...
Langues: English, French