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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...

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...

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...

IFAD operations selected for IEE study, January 2004 Signing the IFAD/ITAD contract, December 2003

IFAD operations selected for IEE study, January 2004 IEE Bulletin from President of IFAD, December 2003 IEE Newsletter Issue no. 1, December 2003

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...

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 |...

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...

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...

Interim evaluation 1 Major findings, recommendations and agreed follow-up IFAD, in conjunction with the Government of Tunisia, undertook to conduct a midterm evaluation of the Integrated...

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...

Évaluation intermédiaire 1 Principales constatations, recommandations et suivi convenu Iintermédiaire du Projet de développement agricole rural intégré (PDARI) de Siliana. Un partenariat clé...

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...

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...

Interim evaluation The Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) is based on the deliberations of and discussions by the partners on the findings and recommendations in the draft evaluation report of...

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...

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...

Since 1981, IFAD has granted Benin eight IFAD loans for a total of USD 91 million. The first Country Strategic Opportunities Paper (COSOP) for Benin was approved in 1997 by IFAD. On the basis of...

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...

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...

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...

Interim evaluation1 The Agricultural Development Project in Matam (PRODAM) originated in 1989 at the request of the Government of Senegal, following the events with Mauritania and the forced...

Interim Evaluation The rural micro-enterprises project (PROMER) began activities in June 1997. Its total cost is 10.94 million de USD, with 67% covered by IFAD loans (n° 402-SN and SRS-47-SN). Its...

Interim Evaluation 1 Background and design The Agricultural Resources Management Project (ARMP) was designed in late 1995, and was the fourth IFAD supported intervention in the Hashemite Kingdom of...

Interim evaluation1 The Special Programme for Soil and Water Conservation and Agroforestry in the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso commenced in October 1988 as one of the most representative and...

Interim Evaluation1 The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation The Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Quang Binh Agricultural Resources...

Interim evaluation1 The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) and users of the evaluation The Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Ha Giang Development Project for...

Interim evaluation1 Introduction The design of the Development Project for Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples (PRODEPINE) ties in with the government strategy for sustainable development that...

Interim Evaluation 1 Introduction and approach The Mission was mounted to assess the performance and impact of the Project (HPM) in the context of consideration of a second phase of a new project...

Interim Evaluation 1 Introduction The Agricultural Resources Conservation and Development Project (ARCDP) was financed by an IFAD loan of USD 12.8 million with an additional UNDP/TA grant of USD...

Interim Evaluation The Root and Tuber Improvement Programme, (RTIP) became effective in January 1999 and is scheduled to close in December 2004. IFAD and the Government of Ghana are considering a...

The new IFAD evaluation policy approved by the Executive Board in April 2003 emphasized the role of the independent evaluation function at IFAD in promoting accountability and learning in order to...

Background1 In 1996 the Programme Management Department (PMD) commissioned a Joint Review of Supervision Issues in IFAD Financed Projects. The review presented five recommendations, which were...

Interim evaluation1 Extract of Agreement at Completion Point The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) is concerned with identifying...

Thematic study1 Introduction Where appropriate, organic agriculture is an alternative for the diversification of production, and hence for the diversification of income sources, among small poor...

Interim evaluation 1 When we refer to an evaluation of a nation-wide strategy, as is the case with PRODEPINE in Ecuador, a synthetic judgement of the project's performance - even though very...

Thematic evaluation The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation The members of the Core Learning Partnership (CLP) included representatives of IFAD's Asia and the Pacific Division...

Country programme evaluation1 The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) and the users of the evaluation The members of the CLP constituted representatives from the Government of Indonesia (represented by...

Extract of Agreement at Completion point Interim evaluation1 Introduction The Root and Tuber Improvement Programme, (RTIP) became effective in January 1999 and was scheduled to close in December...

À la demande du Département des opérations du FIDA, le Bureau de l’évaluation a conduit entre octobre 2002 et juillet 2003 une Évaluation de Programme de Pays en République du Sénégal. L’objectif...

Preamble This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) is based on discussions and deliberations of the partnership of the findings and recommendations of the Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) report...

Extract at Agreement at Completion Point Completion Evaluation1 The Core Learning Partnership IFAD's Evaluation Policy2 defines the objectives of the Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) as…...

Extact of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation 1 On Friday 12 April 2003, the Core Learning Partnership of PRODAM – expanded to include the members of the Project management unit (PMU)...

Interim evaluation1 Introduction The rural micro-enterprises project (PROMER) began activities in June 1997 in two regions of Senegal (Tambacounda and Kolda) and by mid-term it had expanded to two...

Introduction At the request of IFAD's Operations Department, the Office of Evaluation conducted an evaluation of the country programme for the Republic of Senegal between October 2002 and July...

Interim evaluation1 Introduction The Special Programme for Soil and Water Conservation and Agroforestry commenced in October 1988 in four provinces of the central plateau (Passoré, Yatenga, Bam and...

Completion evaluation 1 Project design. The Smallholder Livestock Rehabilitation Project (SLRP) was the first assistance provided by IFAD to Lebanon . The project, designed as a post-conflict...

Empowering the poor by shifting from a supply to a demand-driven approach The Management of Natural Resources in the Southern Highlands Project (MARENASS) and the Development of the Puno-Cusco...

Exexutive summary Introduction1 Improving the quality of project implementation and achieving better results on the ground has been a priority for the International Fund for Agricultural...

Country programme evaluation process1 The Indonesia Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) was undertaken by the Office of Evaluation (OE) at the request of the Government of Indonesia to take stock of...

Interim evaluation Introduction This document contains an executive summary1 of the interim evaluation of the Community Development Project for the Rio Gavião Region (PROGAVIÃO). The evaluation –...

Interim Evaluation The direct transfer of assets to the poor is an innovative approach to poverty alleviation. Aiming to solve the problem of common access to forest areas, 40-year leases give...

The IFAD V: Plan of Action (2000-2002) recommended that the Office of Evaluation (OE) produce a systematic overview of the results and impact of IFAD’s operations, based on the evaluations it...

Interim Evaluation Despite its agricultural potential at the beginning of the 1990s, the forest region of Guinea had a food production deficit. Nationalisation policies between 1958 and 1984 had...

Project Completion Evaluation There is evidence that sustainable changes have been brought about by the project. Assessing the effects of new technology and training, an impact survey used by the...

Interim evaluation1 A synthetic judgement or evaluation of the project's performance is always necessary even if it does not always strictly reflect all the aspects involved. In this regard,...

Project interim evaluation1 Introduction The agreement concluding the PDAOK (Ouadis of Kanem Agricultural Development Project) interim evaluation comprises two parts. The first part addresses...

Overview of major findings1 The Agricultural Research grant funding line of the AR&T Programme has been evaluated for the first time since its establishment in 1979. From 1979 to 2001, a total of...

Country programme evaluation At the request of the Tunisian Government, IFAD undertook an evaluation of its cooperation programme with Tunisia. A core learning partnership comprising...

Country programme evaluation This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) is an understanding among key partners1 on the main insights and recommendations from the Tanzania Country Programme Evaluation...

Interim Evaluation Over 160 microfinance institutions have adopted the Grameen-style approach to banking in the Philippines. They lend at commercial rates that cover all costs and allow for profit....

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation 1 The objective of the project was to boost the agricultural production and income levels of 26 small-scale irrigation schemes (petits...

Interim Evaluation1 Insight 1: project fesign and supervision Project design was appropriate and innovative with an objective that was relevant for the rural poor in the Tihama and is consistent...

Interim evaluation 1 In April 1996, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) approved a loan in the amount of approximately USD 14.7 million to the Government of the Philippines...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Introduction The Agreement at Completion Point is based on the deliberations and discussions of the partners on the findings and recommendations from the...

This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) records the understanding among the key partners of the evaluation for the Kagera Agricultural and Environmental Management Project (KAEMP) on the main...

State of Bahia - interim evaluation Core Learning Partnership and users of the evaluation Introduction The Core Learning Partnership1 met in Salvador , Bahia ( Brazil ) on 17 September 2003 to...

Interim evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation The Office of Evaluation of IFAD conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Hills Leasehold Forestry and Forage...

Project Interim Evaluation The project involved 26 small-scale irrigation schemes, covering nearly 5,000 hectares in four different areas of Haiti: Port-de-Paix (6), Saint Marc (11), Petit-Goâve...

Interim Evaluation Introduction The objectives of the interim evaluation were to assess: (i) the achievements of the project so far and its impact on the target groups in relation to the original...

Project interim Evaluation1 Background to the evaluation The PROSALAFA project was approved by the IFAD Executive Board in April 1991. The date of effectiveness of the loan was May 1993 and the...

The evaluation was mounted by OE at the request of the Belgian Survival Fund with a two-fold objective: to assess and document Project impact and sustainability; and to develop insights and...

The overall objective of the country programme evaluation in Tunisia was to draw lessons from over 20 years of project experiences (1980-2002) as a contribution to guiding future IFAD strategy in...

The purpose of this country programme evaluation was to provide building blocks to update the country strategic opportunities programme for the United Republic of Tanzania and, in particular, to:...

Executive Summary I. Introduction 1. The Strategic Framework for IFAD 2002-2006 (SF) identifies "Improving Access to Productive Natural Resource and Technology" as one of the three strategic...