The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of … Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It … involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and Tobago, structured interviews with a diverse set of over 55 stakeholders …

of departure for this evaluation was to look at the international experience in SME/Venture Capital development and the … results of the evaluation of the initiative taken by the MIF to support Venture Capital Development in the region. The point … could be established and meaningful lessons could be drawn. The evaluation was initiated in 2002, covering four groups of …

Latina.Abstract: The first article of this edition of the Microenterprise Development Review examines the relationship … between microfinance institutions and private international investors. This article is written by Robert Pouliot of RCP … & Partners, a Swiss-based fiduciary agency based in Switzerland and Germany. The second article addresses microfinance regulation …

period 2005-2007 is being prepared. The report overviews key development and institutional challenges with a view to …-2003. Following established methodology and procedure, the report attempts to provide an account to the Board of Executive Directors … regarding the program's relevance and results and to offer reflections for consideration as the Bank's Country Strategy for the …

conclusions reflect on trends in the country's development issues and the Bank's action in their regard. This approach makes it …-2006. The purpose is to improve the effectiveness of the Bank's programming and future operations in the country. Its … possible to highlight pending challenges and the Bank's potential contribution to addressing them on the one hand and, on the …

program execution; while the qualitative dimensions of the Bank's program and overall development effectiveness are reviewed …This report (RE-318) details the evaluation undertaken by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Bank … the outcomes of the Bank's performance in country, and to distill lessons to enhance the efficacy of future Bank actions …

done before, looking at: (i) the country's development priorities, (ii) the Bank's programming objectives, and (iii) how …, Ecuador continued facing these same development challenges as in the previous one: (i) how to move the economy away from its … dependency on primary production, (ii) how to improve governance, and (iii) how to reduce social exclusion. Country program …

exercises over the 2000-2006 span, and Chapter 3 the efficiency of delivery of Bank products. Development outcomes achieved in …This report (RE-341) presents the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's country program evaluation (CPE) assessing the … strategies for 2000-2002 (GN-2169-1) and 2004-2006 (GN-2338-1), and references the previous CPE's analysis, conclusions, and …

. The paper identifies development issues in Costa Rica, explores the performance of the programming and portfolio execution …, and assesses the effectiveness of operations. The study holds that the country's development issues and vulnerabilities … were not viable and had not been previously legitimized. Three aspects stand out as lessons to be learned from the …

portfolio. This document describes the country context and development challenges, then discusses the program's contribution …, high levels of debt, and macroeconomic uncertainties. The 2004-2007 strategy was approved when the government had the … macroeconomic situation under control and an agreement had been reached with the Bank to reduce the amount of resources in the …