OED'S PROPOSED WORK PROGRAM FOR 2009 2011 OED's Proposed Work Program for 2009 (i) DERIVED PROGRAM: OPERATIONS Country Operations 1 CAPE Nepal 2 CAPE Bangladesh 3 CAPE Viet Nam 4 CAPE Cambodia 1 RCS-CR Validation South Asia 1 CPS-CR Validation Tajikistan 1 SAPE - Urban Sector Indonesia 2 SAPE - for Bangladesh 3 SAPE - Energy Viet Nam 4 SAPE - Transport Viet Nam 5 SAPE - for Cambodia 6 SAPE - To be determined by a CAPE 3 NSO - PPERs 10 SO - PPERs Annual Reports 1 Annual Evaluation Review 2 Annual Report on Acting on Recommendations 3 Annual Report on Portfolio Performance (ii) REAL-TIME FEEDBACK/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT/OTHER REGULAR ACTIVITIES Commenting on Asian Development Bank Documents Selective Participation in MTR, CPS Review, CPRM Project Completion Report Validations Continuation of Learning Curves, Success Rates under KMU Continued Upgrading of the Evaluation Website and its Features ECG Activities and Part-Time Secretariat Support Peer Review of Independent Evaluation Function in ADB by the ECG Participate in the Evaluation Network of OECD-DAC Activities Training and Evaluation Capacity Development
OED's Proposed Work Program for 2009 2 (iii) KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM Knowledge Solutions 1 SES - How Rural Infrastructure Improves Access to Economic Opportunities and Services? 2 SES - How Energy Assistance can be Made More Environmentally Sustainable? 3 SES - Why has PPP Assistance for Infrastructure not Grown Much? 4 SES - Why is Success Elusive in Pacific Public Sector Reform? 5 SES - How Important is Gender Equality for Aid Effectiveness? 6 SES - Performance of ADB's Water Sector Policy and Operations 1 RIE - Pakistan-Punjab Rural Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project 1 Brief - Development Outcomes of Private Sector Operations 1 JE - Joint Evaluations with OECD-DAC 2 JE - Effectiveness of Operations in Support of Anticorruption (with NORAD) 1 Revision of CAPE and SAPE Guidelines
OED's Proposed Work Program for 2010 (i) DERIVED PROGRAM: OPERATIONS/POLICY/STRATEGY Country Operations 1 CAPE Lao PDR 2 CAPE Uzbekistan 3 CAPE Afghanistan 4 RCAPE Central Asia 1 CAPE Update - Bhutan 1 CPS-Validation Report India 2 CPS-Validation Report Thailand 3 CPS-Validation Report PRC SAPE1 - Agriculture and Natural Resources in Lao PDR SAPE2 - Education and Health 4 SAPEs to feed into CAPEs 3 NSO - PPERs 10 SO - PPERs Policies and Strategies 1 SES - Evaluation of the 2001 Social Protection Policy Annual Evaluation Reports 1 Annual Evaluation Review 2 Annual Report on Acting on Recommendations 3 Annual Report on Portfolio Performance (ii) REAL-TIME FEEDBACK/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT/OTHER REGULAR ACTIVITIES Commenting on Asian Development Bank Documents Substantial Participation in QAE Exercise Selective Participation in MTR, CPS Review, CPRM Project Completion Report Validations Post Completion Benefits Monitoring Continuation of Learning Curves, Success Rates under KMU Continued Upgrading of the Evaluation Website and its Features ECG Activities and Part-Time Secretariat Support Peer Review of Independent Evaluation Function in ADB by the ECG Participate in the Evaluation Network of OECD-DAC Activities Training and Evaluation Capacity Development (includes providing resource persons) 3
OED's Proposed Work Program for 2010 4 (iii) KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM Knowledge Solutions 1 SES - Is Transport Assistance Environmentally Sustainable: Carbon Footprint vs. Benefits? 2 SES - Effectiveness of Emergency Assistance Policy and Action Plan 3 SES - Evaluation of Role of RD Knowledge Products 1 RIE - Irrigation in Nepal 1 Sector Summation Series - Support for Decentralization in DMCs 1 Brief - Effectiveness and Replicability of Small-Scale Demonstration Projects 2 Brief - Removing Barriers for Collateralization Stand-by for Further Consideration Depending on Budget Availability 1 SES - Water Resources Management and Environmental Sustainability 2 SES - Assessment of Support for Trade Development 3 SES - Synthesis of Results at Country Level under MfDR Pillars 1 and 2 4 SES - Support to the Development of Financial Markets 5 SES - Policy Dialogue and Policy-Based Lending Modalities 6 SES - Effectiveness of ADB s Corporate Risk Management 7 SES - ICT Strategy and ICT Contribution to Strategic Thrusts 8 SES - Effectiveness of Capacity Development Support for Environment 9 SES - Role of Mass Transit in Environmentally Sustainable Transport 10 SES - How ADB Supported EA for Project Readiness? 1 Brief - Evaluation of PSO Annual Review Process 2 Brief - Issues and Lessons from Transport Sector Assessments 3 Brief - Influential Evaluation - What Makes an Evaluation Influential 4 Brief - Factors Affecting the Incorporation of Lessons in New Operations 5 Update - Effectiveness of Assist for Reform of Public Expenditure Management 1 RTE - ADB's Multitranching Facility
OED's Proposed Work Program for 2011 (i) DERIVED PROGRAM: OPERATIONS/POLICY/STRATEGY Country Operations 1 CAPE India 2 CAPE Pacific 1 RCAPE - Southeast Asia 1 CAPE Update: Sri Lanka 1 CPS-Validation Report Pakistan 2 CPS-Validation Report Philippines 3 CPS-CR Validation Report PRC 6 RSAPEs determined by CAPEs and RCAPEs 3 NSO - PPERs 10 SO PPERs Policies and Strategies 1 Microfinance Strategy Review Annual Evaluation Reports 1 Annual Evaluation Review 2 Annual Report on Acting on Recommendations 3 Annual Report on Portfolio Performance (ii) REAL-TIME FEEDBACK/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT/OTHER REGULAR ACTIVITIES Commenting on Asian Development Bank Documents Selective Participation in MTR, CPS Review, CPRM Project Completion Report Validations Post-Completion Benefits Monitoring Continuation of Learning Curves, Success Rates under KMU Continued Upgrading of the Evaluation Website and its Features RETA Preparation for Broader Evaluation Studies Provision of Lecturers to SHIPDET - twice a year ECG Activities and Part-Time Secretariat Support Peer Review of Independent Evaluation Function in ADB by the ECG Participate in the Evaluation Network of OECD-DAC Activities Training and Evaluation Capacity Development 5
OED's Proposed Work Program for 2011 6 (iii) KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM Knowledge Solutions 1 SES - Effectiveness of Support for Governance and Anticorruption 2 SES - Role of Urban Environment Management 3 SES - Best Practices in Project M&E System 4 SES - Evaluation of Corporate Governance in ADB 1 RIE - Effectiveness of Road Safety 1 Brief - Issues and Lessons from Middle Income Country Evaluations 2 Brief - Evaluation Case Studies of Procurement and Consultant Recruitment 3 Update - Effectiveness of Land Acquisition in Infrastructure Projects Stand-by for Further Consideration Depending on Budget Availability 1 SES - Developing an Enabling Environment for the Private Sector 2 SES - Assess Practices in Results Monitoring 3 SES - Assessment of Managing for Development Results Global Partnerships 4 SES - Evaluation of Country Project Implementation and Administration Training 1 Brief - Mobilizing Cofinancing for Infrastructure 2 Update - Project Performance Management in ADB and its Projects in DMCs 3 Update - ADB's Approach to Poverty Reduction 1 Sector Summation Series - Capital Market Services 2 Sector Summation Series - Urban Services 3 Sector Summation Series- Water Resources Management 1 Develop Guidelines to Evaluate Regional Corporation Programs 1 JE - Effectiveness of Operations in Fragile States and Conflicted Areas
Abbreviations used ADB Asian Development Bank RI Regional integration CAPE Country assistance program evaluation RIE Rigorous impact evaluation CPRM Country portfolio review mission RSAPE Regional sector assistance program evaluation CPS Country partnership strategy RTE Real time evaluation CPS-CR Country partnership strategy completion report SAPE Sector assistance program evaluation DAC Development Assistance Committee SES Special evaluation study DEC Development Effectiveness Committee SHIPDET Shanghai International Program for Dev. Evaluation Training DMC Developing member country SO Sovereign operations EA Executing agency TCR Technical assistance completion report ECG Evaluation Cooperation Group EDU ENV Education Environment (including climate change) ESG Environmentally sustainable growth FSD Financial sector development GCD Governance and capacity development GEN ICT Gender Information, communications, and technology IEG Inclusive economic growth INF JE KMU Infrastructure Joint evaluation Knowledge Management Unit KS Lao PDR Knowledge solution Lao People's Democratic Republic M&E MTR NORAD Monitoring and evaluation Midterm review Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NSO OECD Nonsovereign operations Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OED PER Operations Evaluation Department Performance evaluation report PPER Project performance evaluation report PRC People's Republic of China PSO PSD Private sector operations Private sector development PTN QAE RC RCAPE Partnership Quality at Entry Regional cooperation Regional cooperation assistance program evaluation RCI Regional cooperation and integration RCS-CR Regional cooperation strategy completion report RETA Regional technical assistance 7