Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) is currently conducting an independent evaluation of the African Development Bank Assistance in the energy sector for the period 2000-2014.
Overall, The AfDB committed about UA 7.9 billion over the past 14 years in the energy sector representing the third largest share in the Bank’s overall portfolio. The energy portfolio increased by more than twentyfold from 2000 to 2013.
The Bank is undertaking an independent evaluation of its assistance in the energy sector in order to inform and optimize its future strategic and operational directions. The evaluation intends to identify emerging trends in the energy sector, and assess how the Bank has responded to these trends and the results of such assistance in order to draw pertinent lessons.
Analysis of Bank support by subsector shows that the energy portfolio is largely dominated- about 52% of net commitments- by the power generation subsector. The Bank also invested a considerable amount in the national grid extension/upgrade subsectors. The combination of investment in both power generation and transmission infrastructure in a single project is another key type of Bank intervention that simultaneously aims at increasing affordability and accessibility of energy services, which is the third largest subsector. Relatively fewer investments have been made to support sector-wide and multi-sector operations.
- Approach paper
- Task Manager, Hajime Onishi, Principal Evaluation Officer, Email: [email protected]