This paper is the third to be issued under the Fund's Technical Assistance Evaluation Program, which was launched in FY …-2009. The completed evaluations featured in this paper are: (i) an evaluation of technical assistance provided by the Legal …

. -- The Fund's internal monitoring needs to be strengthened, particularly the TA Information Management System. Reforms in … this area are on track, supported by Fund management, and improvements are expected by 1 May 2008. -- The Fund's TA … evaluation framework needs to be strengthened by instituting a system of self assessments of all completed TAs and developing …

activities of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). This is the second such evaluation in the IEO's twelve year history. The … appropriateness of evaluation topics; (ii) the independence of the IEO; (iii) the cost-effectiveness of the IEO and its operations …; and (iv) the appropriateness and adequacy of the evaluation process including, but not limited to, how IEO recommendations …

The thrust of the report's recommendations to strengthen the institutional framework for self-evaluation, adapt it over … time to changing circumstances, and better disseminate lessons from self-evaluation are well taken. I believe, however …

I would like to thank the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) for preparing this informative and timely report, which … need our continued attention. I would like to note that management and staff remain fully committed to the role of the …