Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) is carrying out a corporate evaluation of the African Development Bank Group (“the Bank”)’s portfolio review and restructuring policy and its subsequent guidelines, over the period 2011-2019. The evaluation will distill findings and draw lessons from the portfolio review and restructuring practices of the Bank, as they have evolved over the years, as well as from the experience of similar organizations.
Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (the Bank) conducted a pilot validation of the completion report for the West Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (WA-RISP) 2011-2015/17. The validation was undertaken to inform the design of the pillars of the new West Africa RISP for 2019-2025, and to add to IDEV’s understanding of how to design and implement this product to best serve its purpose(s). It also contributed to improving the quality of the WA RISP completion report and provides an opportunity for learning.
This Validation Note of the Country Strategy Paper Completion Report for South Africa is the first of its type for IDEV. The purpose of the Validation Note is to provide an independent review and validation of the African Development Bank’s self-assessment of its country program performance, using the Combined Country Strategy Paper 2013-2017 Completion Report and 2017 Country Portfolio Performance Review for South Africa.
In response to a call by the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) at its Annual Meeting in May 2018, the Bank launched an independent evaluation of the implementation of its Development and Business Delivery Model (DBDM). The evaluation was conducted by IOD PARC, an international development consultancy, facilitated and supported by Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV).
The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (AfDB or “the Bank”) has conducted a comparative review of sanctions practices across five Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the AfDB. These five MDBs participate in an agreement on cross-debarment for fraud, corruption, and other sanctionable practices.
The African Development Bank Group (“AfDB” or “the Bank”) has acknowledged the importance of partnerships for promoting development effectiveness, and has formulated its partnership goals and objectives in its Ten-Year Strategy (TYS, 2013-2022) as follows: to become a catalyst for development finance, a trusted adviser and a credible knowledge broker. In this context and considering the central contribution of partnering to the success of the Bank, Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) is currently conducting an evaluation that aims to facilitate learning by providing evidence-based kn