National and international programmes of development assistance require evaluation to ensure the effective use of funds. This guide highlights bodies which undertake programme evaluations and/or are knowlegable about the process
Africa
African Development Bank. Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV)
Evaluation Results Database
Americas
- Canada
- Development Bank of Latin America (CNF) - Impact evaluation for public management
- Inter-American Development Bank. Projects
- Inter-American Development Bank. Office of Evaluation and Oversight
- United States
Asia
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC Project Database
- Asian Development Bank. Independent Evaluation
- Asian Productivity Organization - Project Reports, Outcome Documents and Productivity Measurement
Europe
- European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes - EADi Research Monitor: Publication Database for Development Research
- European Centre for Development Policy Management
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Evaluating the EBRD's work - Evaluation Overview
- European Investment Bank Operations Evaluation
- Denmark
- DANIDA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Evaluation of Development Assistance
- Ireland
- Food and Agriculture Organization. Document Repository
- International Fund for Agricultural Development. IFAD Office of Independent Evaluation
- International Labour Organization. Evaluation Office (EVAL)
- International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
- Islamic Development Bank. Projects and Operations Evaluation
- OECD - Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC)
- UNESCO. Internal Oversight Service
- UNICEF. Evaluation and good practices - note in particular, the Evaluation Database
- United Nations. Division for Public Administration and Development Management
- United Nations. Office of Internal Oversight Services
- United Nations Development Programme UNDP Evaluation
- United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Evaluation
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Evaluation and Research
- World Bank. Documents and reports
- World Bank. Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
- World Bank Group. Independent Evaluation Group
- World Health Organization Health Impact Assessment
Think Tank Search - a Google custom search of more than 590 think tanks and research centers (Harvard Kennedy School. Library and Knowledge Services)
- CHS Alliance - Publications
- Overseas Development Institute. Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure and its Humanitarian Policy Group HPN Practice Network - Accountability
- Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response - Sphere essentials
- AidData Open Data for International Development
- aidflows (World Bank in partnership with the OECD, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, Islamic Development Bank and African Development Bank )
- Canadian International Development Platform
- Global Humanitarian Assistance - Data
- International Aid Transparency Initiative - IATI data
- International Development Statistics (IDS) online databases (OECD)