The traditional role for the independent evaluation function housed in various multilateral development banks is to focus on the performance of programs financed by the respective institutions. Most of the evaluations conducted are ex-post. However, regardless of how well they are conducted and how influential they are with respect to reforms, they are a small part of the national public investment program.
It is obvious that influencing the entire investment program is the smarter way to go. In order to do so, development institutions, including their respective independent evaluation departments, need to rethink their traditional role.
This edition of Evaluation Matters discusses what role evaluation departments should play in building national evaluation systems across the continent.
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2013-09 Evaluation Matters Strengthen Natl Eval Systems EN.pdf | 2.22 MB |