This Country Report has been prepared by Fiscus Limited, UK, in collaboration with Mokoro Ltd, Oxford, as one of three country reports in the Joint Evaluation of Public Financial Management Reform, managed by the African Development Bank, Denmark and Sweden. The evaluation looked at two main questions: (i) where and why do Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms deliver results and (ii) where and how does donor support to PFM reform efforts contribute most effectively to results ?
The review is based on an analysis of all 126 PCRs delivered during 2008-09 and their associated PCRENs carried out in 2009.3 Findings from these PCRENs have been aggregated to provide a more comprehensive picture of the results of the Bank’s work. It also relies on sectoral syntheses of 85 of the 126 PCRs and PCRENs. These syntheses were preparedin 2009. In addition, interviews were conducted in 2010 with both Operations and OPEV staff to get a better understanding of the PCR process, including early views on the effects of PCR process changes. Previous OPEV reports and other Bank and external documents also informed the analysis
The African Development Bank plays an important role in the reconstruction of Regional Member Countries (RMCs) emerging from conflict. Currently, about 40 percent of all African countries are classified as fragile states, presenting the Bank with a significant reconstruction challenge.s.
The scope of the synthesis was guided by the followingconsiderations: Time period: From 1990 to 2010. in order to capture trends (similarities and differences) in findings and good practices from the women-in-development (WID) era to the current emphasis on gender and development (GAD); Evaluation type: Primary emphasis was on thematic and country evaluations that had a specific focus on gender and/or women; Stakeholder consultation and demand: The synthesis approach paper was circulated for discussion within the Bank in Spring 2010, and comments were used to focus on key issues of concern, such as good practices in mainstreaming processes
This Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER) presents the findings of the post evaluation of the Dakar City Sanitation Project (PAVD).
This independent evaluation was undertaken by the Operations Evaluation Department (OPEV) to examine the effectiveness of African Development Bank support for AWM sector in Ghana and Mali from 1990 to 2010.