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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...