Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation

Oscar A. García is Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD.Osvaldo N. Feinstein is a member of the International Evaluation Advisory Panel of the United Nations Development Programme’s Independent Evaluation Office and Professor at the Evaluation Master of Madrid Complutense University.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Evolution of the Independent Evaluation Function at IFAD, 3. Influential Evaluations, 4. Evaluations of Inclusive Development, 5. Evaluations for Sustainable Development, 6. Learning and Knowledge Management, 7. Partnerships in Evaluation, 8. The Way Forward

'Finally, a systematic account of evaluation at the service of poor farmers around the world. It establishes that evaluation can make a difference; that accountability is compatible with learning and that independent evaluation is a corporate asset. A must-have for all development practitioners.' — Robert Picciotto, Former Director General, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank