In accordance with Bank directives, this evaluation was conducted on the strategies of assistance to the Transport sector (3 CSP over the period) and on the outcomes and impacts of the financed operations. The evaluation criteria used are: (i) relevance; (ii) quality at entry; (iii) effectiveness; (iv) efficiency; (v) impact of this sectoral assistance on the institutional organization; (vi) sustainability; (vii) cross-cutting impacts; (viii) performance of the borrower; (ix) contribution of the other donors; and (x) exogenous factors having an impact on the performance of the assistance.
Evaluations
Date: 04/03/2008
Country strategy and program evaluation
Date: 26/02/2008
Country strategy and program evaluation
The study mainly covers the whole ARD sector portfolio approved between 1996 and 2004. Operations initiated before 1996 were implemented and completed during the period under consideration. Their performance is also considered because of their relationship with the projects of the period.
Assistance results are evaluated in accordance with the guidelines of the ADB’s Operations Evaluation Department (OPEV) governing evaluation of Bank assistance, preparation of the evaluation rating for PCRs and PPARs, and on the basis of the combined action of four factors: (a) the Bank; (b) Cameroon (Borrower); (c) partners and stakeholders; and (d) exogenous forces (natural phenomena, economic crises, etc.).
Date: 15/02/2008
Country strategy and program evaluation
This review of Bank assistance to the social sector in Cameroon covers the 1996-2004 period. The review seeks to evaluate the Bank’s products and services, which involves an analysis of the main elements of the Bank’s assistance programme, namely the CSPs, lending operations and non-lending assistance, including sector studies and aid coordination. The evaluation also covers the outputs of Bank assistance to the social sector and its contribution to the development of Cameroon. It also examines the impact of the outputs on cross-cutting issues, namely: gender, the environment, regional integration, the private sector and community participation. Lastly, the contribution of various partners to the outputs of the Bank’s assistance programme is also evaluated.
Date: 02/04/2007
Project performance evaluation
At appraisal, the project components were selected from an inventory of all the destruction caused by the “El Nino” which had been prepared by the relevant government ministries with the assistance of the affected communities and United Nations agencies in Kenya. The key priorities were – reversal of life threatening situations; restoration of essential human services; restoration of vital economic functions and of life-line roads to cut off areas; and the protection of economic assets at risk. The project had four physical and one institutional component. The physical components were i) provision of chemicals, ii) the replacement of components in the national water resources monitoring network, iii) replacement and repair of components and machinery on the water supply system, and iv) the repair of 74 different category of roads. The fifth component was for consultancy services for the final designs, supervision of works, and technical, financial and management audits. See Annex 1
Date: 08/02/2007
Project performance evaluation
This Project Performance Evaluation is aimed at assessing the relevance, efficacy and efficiency of the Bank's lending activities and the effectiveness of the project financed. It is the result of an independent assessment of the specific action taken by the Bank Group. This includes an objective statement of the outcomes and results achieved by the project compared with expectations at appraisal; a critique of these expectations in the light of that comparison; an evaluation of how the Bank could have been more helpful and ajudgement whether in retrospect the project has achieved its objectives or is likely to achieve them and the outcomes or results achieved are sustainable or likely to be sustainable.
Date: 08/12/2006
Country strategy and program evaluation
The Bank Group assistance in the public utility sector in Ethiopia commenced in 1975. The scope of the review covered all operations since then to 2004. The review is based on available documents and on findings of a field mission. The review was segmented into two periods: those financed up to 1995 in the pre-CSP period and those financed during the CSP era beginning 1996. The three CSPs covered the periods 1996-1998, 1999-2001 and 2002-2004.