eVALUation Matters Magazine articles
This year, IDEV celebrates 40 years of evaluation at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Ever since the first dedicated evaluation unit was established in 1980, evaluation has become an integral part of how the Bank operates, how it is held accountable and how it learns from what works and what does not.
What makes an evaluation influential? How can we ensure that it is read, understood, and used in decision-making? For this article, we interviewed a well-known expert in evaluation, Burt Perrin. In it, he discusses why evaluations need to be influential and what we can do to make sure they have an impact on programs, policies and strategies of organizations.
A special edition infographic to mark the 40 year anniversary of evaluation at the AfDB.
Travel time along a 13 km stretch of Nairobi’s Outer Ring Road has been eased considerably, with the opening of the two-lane dual carriageway in early 2019. This road improvement was thanks to an AfDB-funded project that was launched in 2015. As a bonus, the intervention led to reduced road fatalities, encouraged the establishment of new businesses, and restored security for the people who use the road. These outcomes come as no surprise given that the project was found to have had good “Quality at Entry” by a recent IDEV evaluation. This case study will argue that in particular evaluability and implementation readiness are the key quality at entry factors that can lead to a greater likelihood of project success.
