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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...

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:...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The project performance assessment of the Rural Finance Sector Programme in China contributed to increased access to finance by the poor, women and small producers. It also contributed to enhancing...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

IFAD-supported country programme in Viet Nam focused on support to decentralization, investment in small-scale infrastructure, market integration and microfinance. Satisfactory results were...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Evaluation objectives, process, and partnerships In 2009, the IFAD Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) undertook a first evaluation of IFAD's country programme in Niger. This country programme...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Objectives and main lines of the evaluation. In 2009, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) undertook its first evaluation of...

Completion evaluation Objectives, process and core learning partnership of the evaluation Objectives. In 2009, the IFAD Office of Evaluation conducted a final evaluation of the Roots and Tubers...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Completion evaluation - Executive summary Introduction Evaluation objectives and process. The completion evaluation of the Upper Mandraré Basin Development Project – Phase II (PHBM II) is intended...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Agreement at completion point - Completion evaluation Evaluation objectives and process. In June 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD conducted a Completion Evaluation of PHBM II in...

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...