The Bank is committed to ensuring that its resources are contributing efficiently and effectively towards this goal. Since projects are the primary means to desired development impact, it is important for the Bank to ensure that the projects it supports are performing effectively.
Evaluation is a useful tool to enhance project performance.
This Resource handbook is designed to provide users in Headquarters and Field Offices of member countries with guidelines in support of evaluation activities at all stages of the project cycle, in order to assist in improving project performance. Consequently, this handbook does not make reference to evaluation at program, policy and strategy levels. Sound project evaluation conditions must be established at the project design level, so that projects can be successfully monitored and evaluated. Unfortunately, this is not the current practice in most IDB development projects . Two tools can be used to improve this situation at the project design level.