Better Aid: Evaluation in Development Agencies

The study includes information about the specific institutional settings, resources, policies and practices of each of the DAC Evaluation Network’s 2 members. The study identifies major trends and current challenges in development evaluation, covering: human and financial resources, institutional set-ups and policies, independence of the evaluation function, reporting and use of evaluation findings, management response systems, donor co-ordination, joint evaluation, and the involvement of partner countries in evaluation work.



Table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Background and approach
Chapter 2. Main findings and analysis
Overall trends
What central evaluation units do
Financial resources of central evaluation units
Human resources for evaluation
Independence
Reporting and institutional set-up
Dissemination of evaluation findings
Management response and follow-up
Co-ordinating and sharing evaluation plans
Joint evaluation
Partner country involvement in evaluation
Evaluation capacity development in partner countries
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 3. Member profiles
Introduction
Key to evaluation profiles
African Development Bank
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBR D)
European Commission (E.C.)
Finland
France
Germany
Inter-American Development Bank (IA DB)
International Monetary Fund (IM F)
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United Nations Development Program (UN DP)
United States of America
World Bank Group
Bibliography
Annex A. Resources
Annex B. Questionnaire