Independent Country Program Review - Dominican Republic 2021-2024 (Forthcoming)
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Leader
Policy-Based Lending at the Inter-American Development Bank (2024)
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Member
Abstract:The objective of this evaluation is to analyze to what extent policy-based lending in the IDB has contributed to its dual objectives of (i) improving debt and liquidity management by providing beneficiary countries with flexible, liquid, and timely funding to meet their financing needs; and (ii) strengthening fiscal management, economic and sector frameworks, and the provision of public services by supporting policy and institutional reform in client countries. The assessment of policy-based lending in the IDB is timely, given the importance and increased need to foster reform and improve the development effectiveness of IDB operations and the proposed changes to the instrument under discussion in 2024.
Approach Paper
Technical Note
Extended Country Program Evaluation - Barbados 2015-2023 (2024)
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Member
Abstract: The Extended Country Program Evaluation of Barbados covers the last two Country strategies (CSs) of the Inter-American Development Bank Group between 2015 and 2023. This evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Group strategies and programs in Barbados to provide input for preparing the new IDB Group strategy with Barbados for 2024-2027. The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) found that both CSs were overall relevant and consistent with the government's priorities and the country's challenges. However, the relevance was affected by issues of limited strategic selectivity, weak vertical logic, and evaluability shortcomings. In terms of effectiveness, the evaluation found that the IDB had high or medium contributions to 6 of the 13 SOs in both CSs. Higher contributions were made in areas that benefited from the IDBs long-term support, where there was a program commensurate with the SO's scope and sustained government prioritization. These were the cases of the SOs in energy, fiscal, social, and access to finance. However, implementation issues, a program in its early stages, and evaluability issues hindered the program's contribution to objectives. The sustainability of results depends on both the Government's commitment to sustainability and the IDBs complementary support in institutional capacity. Based on the findings, OVE recommends to (1) continue supporting key areas that address long-term development challenges and in which the IDB Group has proven to be a key partner; (2) continue working with the Government of Barbados to improve project execution of IDB Group financed operations; and (3) strengthen coordination between the IDB and IDB Invest to better address constraints to private sector investments.
Approach Paper
World Bank Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing
Independent Evaluation Group, The World bank
Technical Adviser
Abstract: This evaluation is the first stage of the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of the World Bank’s support for more, better, and more inclusive jobs through IDA financing, and it assesses the implementation of IDA-supported interventions directly supporting its jobs objectives across the three Replenishment cycles from fiscal years 2015 to 2022
Approach Paper
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Leader
Policy-Based Lending at the Inter-American Development Bank (2024)
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Member
Abstract:The objective of this evaluation is to analyze to what extent policy-based lending in the IDB has contributed to its dual objectives of (i) improving debt and liquidity management by providing beneficiary countries with flexible, liquid, and timely funding to meet their financing needs; and (ii) strengthening fiscal management, economic and sector frameworks, and the provision of public services by supporting policy and institutional reform in client countries. The assessment of policy-based lending in the IDB is timely, given the importance and increased need to foster reform and improve the development effectiveness of IDB operations and the proposed changes to the instrument under discussion in 2024.
Approach Paper
Technical Note
Extended Country Program Evaluation - Barbados 2015-2023 (2024)
Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), Inter-American Development Bank
Team Member
Abstract: The Extended Country Program Evaluation of Barbados covers the last two Country strategies (CSs) of the Inter-American Development Bank Group between 2015 and 2023. This evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Group strategies and programs in Barbados to provide input for preparing the new IDB Group strategy with Barbados for 2024-2027. The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) found that both CSs were overall relevant and consistent with the government's priorities and the country's challenges. However, the relevance was affected by issues of limited strategic selectivity, weak vertical logic, and evaluability shortcomings. In terms of effectiveness, the evaluation found that the IDB had high or medium contributions to 6 of the 13 SOs in both CSs. Higher contributions were made in areas that benefited from the IDBs long-term support, where there was a program commensurate with the SO's scope and sustained government prioritization. These were the cases of the SOs in energy, fiscal, social, and access to finance. However, implementation issues, a program in its early stages, and evaluability issues hindered the program's contribution to objectives. The sustainability of results depends on both the Government's commitment to sustainability and the IDBs complementary support in institutional capacity. Based on the findings, OVE recommends to (1) continue supporting key areas that address long-term development challenges and in which the IDB Group has proven to be a key partner; (2) continue working with the Government of Barbados to improve project execution of IDB Group financed operations; and (3) strengthen coordination between the IDB and IDB Invest to better address constraints to private sector investments.
Approach Paper
World Bank Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing
Independent Evaluation Group, The World bank
Technical Adviser
Abstract: This evaluation is the first stage of the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of the World Bank’s support for more, better, and more inclusive jobs through IDA financing, and it assesses the implementation of IDA-supported interventions directly supporting its jobs objectives across the three Replenishment cycles from fiscal years 2015 to 2022
Approach Paper