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10th FC Evaluation Report
KfW Entwicklungsbank presented tenth Evaluation Report on the effectiveness of Financial Cooperation
The Evaluation Report entitled "Evaluating development, Developing evaluation" on the effectiveness of German Financial Cooperation with developing and transition countries was presented in Frankfurt.
Some 80 percent of projects are successful
"The success rate of KfW's projects has risen. At roughly 80%, it is somewhat higher than the long-term average", noted Managing Board member Wolfgang Kroh and Professor Dr Eva Terberger, head of the independent Evaluation Unit. The outcomes achieved in the water sector were particularly positive, the success rate of which, measured on the basis of the FC volume, was 88% (2006) and 82.5% (sample 2007/2008), noticeably higher than the average of earlier years (just under 70% in the period between 1988 and 2005). "This result underscores the leading position which KfW Entwicklungsbank has earned in the water sector", commented Wolfgang Kroh.
For KfW, however, the focus is not on a one-sided pursuit of higher success rates but on achieving a sound balance of risks and expected impacts. "The fact that risks are higher in development measures than elsewhere is in the nature of things. They are often implemented in a difficult environment. But this is precisely what development cooperation is for", emphasised Kroh.
20 years of transparency on successes and failures
"In order for Financial Cooperation with developing countries to be successful and effective, we subject the concept behind our daily work to constant scrutiny. This is why the effort of our evaluations is worthwhile, the results of which I have awaited eagerly every time for the last 20 years," said KfW Board Member Wolfgang Kroh.
Apart from evaluating the projects for the years 2006 to 2008, the focus of the tenth Evaluation Report lies on a retrospective of 20 years of evaluation practice. The report contains examples of how quantitative methods of empirical social research can contribute to a more accurate analysis and measurement of impacts in selected cases, as well as one example each of a cross-cutting evaluation and an evaluation conducted jointly with international development organisations. The report also demonstrates, however, in what ways the experiences gathered from the more than 1,800 projects that have been evaluated since 1988 can be put to use for deeper analyses that will yield more in-depth knowledge.
9 September 2009
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