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Evaluation Specialist
Simona 
Somma
Italy
English, Spanish Italian
s.somma@ifad.org
+39 06 5459 2124
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Master degree in design and management of development projects Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Master-equivalent in Economics Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Simona has 15 years of experience in the international development arena, managing large development programs and leading complex evaluations across the globe. She has in-depth knowledge of evaluation methodologies and processes at the corporate, sector, country and project levels and of the evaluation architecture in large organizations. For IFAD, in addition to the preparation of the Evaluation Manual, she was the Lead Evaluator for various country level evaluations, impact evaluations and the Annual Report on the Results and Impact of Operations. Before joining IFAD, she was an Evaluation Specialist for finance and private sector operations at the Asian Development Bank.
Professional affiliations and distinctions Member of the International Development Evaluation Association
15 years of development experience covering Latina America, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia.
15 years of international evaluation experience.
2020 Rome, Italy
2018 Manila, Philippines
2014 Rome, Italy
2012 Rome, Italy
Evaluation Specialist Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD
Evaluation Specialist Independent Evaluation Department Asian Development Bank
Evaluation Officer Independent Office of Evaluation IFAD
Results and Impact Assessment Officer UNCCD
 Publications
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Hur Hassnain, Lauren Kelly and Simona Somma, editors   2021
Annual Evaluation Review: Project Level Self-Evaluation System. Asian Development Bank.
  2020
Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD operations.
  2014, 2015, 2016
ABD Support to the Indonesia Finance Sector (2005-2018). Asian Development Bank.
  2018
epublic of Mozambique: Sofala Bank Artisanal Fisheries Project. Impact Evaluation. IFAD.
  2016
India: Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Programme. Impact Evaluation. IFAD.
  2015
'Impact evaluations in rural development: Opportunities and Challenges. The emerging experience of IFAD's Independent Office of eVALUation Matters, June 2015 issue.
Somma, S.   2015

The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) evaluates the work of IFAD to find what works, what doesn’t and why. IOE evaluations provide an objective assessment of IFAD's results, and identify lessons learned from experience. Through independent evaluation, IOE is helping IFAD to make a difference for better impact on the lives of poor rural people.

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