EVALUATION OFFICE REPORTS

EVALUATION OFFICE REPORTS - REs

RE-249
Annual Report of the Evaluation Office 2000
Evaluation Office, OVE

Inter-American Development Bank
Washington D.C.
June 2001

Index

Evaluation in the IDB: Changing Roles and Responsibilities

New Evaluation and Oversight Functions

Organizing the Shared Evaluation Responsibilities

The Bank’s Evaluation System (BES): Actors and Subjects

Actors

Subjects of Evaluation

Key Evaluation Activities In 2000

Loans

Borrower Evaluation and Evaluation Capacity Building

Audit Reports

Country Program Evaluations

Strategy Evaluation

Policy and Instrument Evaluation

Implementation and Dissemination

IV. Evaluation in 2001: A Renewed Commitment

Acronyms and Descriptions

BEP	Borrower Evaluation Report.
BES	Bank's Evaluation System.
PPMR	Project Performance Monitoring Report System.
ROS	Regional Operations Support Office.
WP	Working Papers: Documents which include specific evaluation information with relevance to IDB professional staff.
CP	Conference Papers: Presentations made by staff at different seminars and conferences outside the Bank.
MP	Methodological Papers: Review or description of methodologies as they apply to evaluations.
Sector Portfolio Reviews	Discussion with executing units of the situation and policies of the sector, the development of the projects in execution and their impact on the sector, and monitoring of sectoral objectives, including reformulation where needed.
Country Portfolio Reviews	Annual review with borrowers of the status of the overall country portfolio, and any recommended remedial actions.
Project Completion Reports	A report written by Management upon the completion of project. Its objective is to present the results of the project and provide lessons from experience that can be used to improve future operations.
Development Impact Evaluations	Impact evaluations of a sample of projects.
Evaluation Reports	Summary evaluations performed by OVE with findings and recommendations on a specific topic, sector, or problem area, prepared on the basis of several individual project performance reports, and the accumulated experience of the Bank and other development organizations.
Country Program Evaluations	OVE reports which evaluate the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the Bank's ongoing program in a country.
Policy/Strategy Implementation Reviews	Evaluation on the implementation of the Bank’s strategies and policies.
Corporate Performance Reports	Periodic reporting to the Board of Directors and the Board of Governors on overall Bank Performance against program targets. Includes: Annual Report on Portfolio Management, President’s Annual Report to the Board, OVE Annual Report, and Annual Operational Program Reviews.

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