28-December-2013
English, PDF, 1,740kb
People’s Republic of China: Gansu Clean Energy Development Project
This performance evaluation report presents the independent evaluation of the Gansu Clean Energy Development Project in the People’s Republic of China. It identifies the lessons from the project which can then be used to assist in the design and implementation of future ADB private sector operations in the region.
28-December-2013
English, PDF, 2,011kb
Pakistan: Punjab Road Development Sector Project
This performance evaluation report assesses the performance and impact of the project and generates a series of findings, lessons and recommendations to contribute in the future design and implementation of similar ADB projects.
28-December-2013
English, PDF, 903kb
Pakistan: Road Sector Development Program (Policy loan)
This performance evaluation report assesses the performance and impact of the program and generates a series of findings, lessons and recommendations to contribute in the future design and implementation of similar ADB projects.
28-December-2013
English, PDF, 652kb
Cambodia: (Cambodia) Power Transmission Lines Co., Ltd., Power Transmission Project
This performance evaluation report assesses ADB’s support to the project as highly successful based on the criteria of development impact and outcome and, from ADB’s side, investment profitability, work quality, and additionality. A lesson from this project and ADB’s wider engagement in Cambodia’s energy sector is long-term sector engagements help facilitate enabling environments, as it has in Cambodia’s energy sector.
21-November-2013
English, PDF, 1,927kb
Food Security in Asia: No Time for Complacency
This topical report is based on Food Security Challenges in Asia, a study by ADB's Independent Evaluation. It looks at the causes and consequences of the recent escalation and volatility of world food prices, and the implications for Asia and for ADB. It warns that if the problems of agricultural productivity are not addressed, it is quite possible that food security will be a world and regional concern in the coming decades.
12-November-2013
English, PDF, 838kb
Country Assistance Program Evaluation for Pakistan
This second independent evaluation of the ADB program in Pakistan (the first was in 2007) covers operations and policy dialogue during 2002–2012. The focus is on the results of two country strategies, one covering 2002–2006 and the other 2009–2013. The evaluation assesses the performance of ADB operations, and provides lessons and recommendations for ADB’s new country partnership strategy (CPS), scheduled for approval in 2014.
8-November-2013
English, PDF, 907kb
Papua New Guinea: Smallholder Support Services Pilot Project
This performance evaluation report assesses the performance and impact of the project and generates a series of findings, lessons and recommendations to contribute in the future design and implementation of similar ADB projects.
24-October-2013
English, PDF, 1,208kb
Corporate Evaluation Study on ADB's Decentralization: Progress and Operational Performance
This evaluation focuses on the performance of ADB’s decentralization for quality service delivery and development effectiveness and provides policy recommendations.
10-October-2013
English, PDF, 3,464kb
Learning Lessons: Enhancing the Contribution of the Private Sector to Inclusive and Environmentally Sustainable Growth
This Learning Lessons distills lessons from ADB’s experience with a view to informing the selection, design, and monitoring of future private sector operations.
10-October-2013
English, PDF, 901kb
Food Security Challenges in Asia
This paper examines the causes and consequences of the recent escalation and volatility of world food prices, and the implications for Asia and for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It warns that if the problems of agricultural productivity are not addressed, it is quite possible that food security will be a recurrent world and regional concern in the coming decades, potentially jeopardizing Asia’s economic growth.