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Inauguration of the CLEAR Center for Latin America

In June 2012, the new CLEAR Center for Latin America was inaugurated in Mexico. The Center aims to help countries in the Region share knowledge and improve capacity building in Monitoring & Evaluation. The President of Mexico, Director of OVE and representatives from other Donors attended the inauguration. Check out the Center’s website: clear-la.cide.edu

How Do We Measure Our Impact?

How does the IDB measure its development impact? What role does OVE play on this? The IDB does constant self-evaluation of programs and projects. But, in addition, the independent Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is the autonomous body at the IDB responsible for externally evaluating the institution's projects and performance.

Voices of OVE

Evaluation is key for institutional learning and development effectiveness. Listen to our colleagues answering some key questions regarding the importance of good evaluation work.

Country Program Evaluations

Evaluate the IDB’s recent support to a country, to provide useful inputs for the design of the following Country Strategy.

Sector and Thematic Evaluations

Perform a comprehensive analysis within a sector or topic to extract lessons for future IDB Sector Strategies.

Impact and Project Evaluations

Generate lessons and operational recommendations by measuring the impact of individual or specific sets of projects.

Corporate Evaluations

Assess the quality of IDB policies, tools, and internal processes in order to strengthen the institution’s performance.

Latest Evaluations

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IDB-9 Evaluation Results Discussed with IDB Staff (Video)

OVE's director discussed with IDB staff on the results of the "Midterm Evaluation of the IDB-9 Commitments". Watch the video of the event.

Apr 29, 2013.

Evaluation Offices gather to discuss lessons learned working in Fragile States

Experts from four Multilateral Development Banks ( IDB, ADB, AfDB, and World Bank ) participated in an evaluation event organized by OVE to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to development work in Fragile States. Countries classified as Fragile States are characterized by vulnerability to external shocks, violence, and weak institutions, according to Nigel Roberts, co-director of the “ 2011 World Development Report ” on Fragile States.

Apr 26, 2013.

Evaluation of IDB-9 Commitments

Latest news on the Mid-term Evaluation of IDB-9 Commitments

Mar 19, 2013.

2013 Research Fellowship Program

The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Inter-American Development Bank is seeking about six Research Fellows at the junior level (Masters) and Senior level (PhD) to work at Headquarters in Washington, D.C. OVE is an independent evaluation office that conducts project, program and policy evaluations of the IDB.

Nov 4, 2012.

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