1. Evaluation Officer: The IEO would like to recruit an Evaluation Officer who will contribute to the IEO’s work program by participating in, and/or leading evaluations that are impartial, independent, credible and meet professional standards to ensure that the evaluations are useful and that evaluation findings and recommendations are endorsed and implemented.

The 2nd Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) international conference will be held in Manila, Philippines from February 25 - March 1, 2019. The theme of conference will be on Reducing poverty-enabling peace: Evaluation for accountability, transparency and sustainable development. Pre-conferenec workshops will be held on February 25 and 26. The official conference will start on February 27.

The 9th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference will be held from March 11-15, 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The theme for this conference is "Accelerating Africa's Development: Strengthening National Evaluation Ecosystems".

This sector-wide evaluation covers a 13-year period from 2005 through 2017, with an emphasis on the period since 2008 following the adoption of ADB’s Strategy 2020. During the evaluation period, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) support for the agriculture, natural resources, and rural development (ANRRD) sector amounted to $12.2 billion. ANRRD lending as a share of total ADB lending for the 2005–2017 period fluctuated between 2% and 12% per year.

The Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank recently released an evaluation of the World Bank's Support to Carbon Finance. The evaluation aimed to answer the following overarching question: 

What has been the strategic objective, nature of engagement and contribution of the WBG in supporting Carbon Finance? And going forward, what lessons can be drawn from this to inform the WBG's strategic direction in supporting the next generation of market-based carbon mitigation activities given its potential comparative advantage?