16-May-2012
English, PDF, 1,840kb
Hunting for Per Diem: The Uses and Abuses of Travel Compensation in Three Developing Countries
While there can be little doubt that the government staff, NGO staff and civil society employees attending training and awareness-raising events learn something and upgrade their skills, the effectiveness of these workshops is a sadly understudied and underreported area. The study makes an assessment of the consequences of per diem compensation.
21-April-2012
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Review of Evidence of the Effectiveness of CIDA's Grants and Contributions
This review focused on three key criteria for assessing aid effectiveness: objectives achievement, relevance and sustainability. This review covers CIDA's bilateral and partnership programming over the period 2005/06 to 2010/11.
18-April-2012
English, PDF, 8,297kb
Irish Aid Annual Report 2011
This is the annual report of Irish Aid, providing a comprehensive account of the work undertaken by the agency in 2011.
29-February-2012
Portuguese, PDF, 1,136kb
Relatorio anual da avaliacao e da auditoria interna 2011 - In Portuguese
This is the 2011 annual report from the “Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua” (CICL) - In Portuguese
2-January-2012
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Results and Performance of the World Bank Group
In 2008–10, 85 percent of operations broadly aimed to help expand economic opportunities. Evaluations of past interventions show relatively high effectiveness in these areas. However, policy environments need further improvement, and sustainability of public infrastructure needs to be ensured.
23-November-2011
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ICAI's Approach to Effectiveness and Value for Money
With a strong focus on the impact for intended beneficiaries and the robustness of delivery approaches, the report establishes a set of guiding criteria for whether aid is fit for purpose and being used to tackle the most important issues.
31-October-2011
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The Asian Development Fund Operations: A Decade of Supporting Poverty Reduction in the Asia and Pacific Region
ADB established the Asian Development Fund (ADF) for concessionary lending to poorer developing member countries. The ADF's purpose is to promote economic and social development in those developing member countries.
31-October-2011
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Results-Based Approach in Finnish Development Cooperation
The evaluation is meant to deepen the understanding of the results-based approach and management requirements. Managing for results depends not only on technical methodology, but also on the way the development cooperation programme is organised and managed.
25-October-2011
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Managing for Development Results
Given that Managing for Development Results (MfDR) mainstreaming activities are still ongoing, the primary evaluative focus of the study is on the process and institutional changes within ADB, rather than on actual results on the ground, which would largely be premature at this stage.
5-September-2011
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Evaluation of research on Norwegian Development Assistance
Evaluation can give useful information about the effects of aid and recommendations about how to improve it. But independent research can go further. It can ask its own questions, dig deeper over a longer period of time, and give more information about the aid world and the world without aid.