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Evaluations for a stronger UNDP

The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) is a functionally independent entity dedicated to enhancing accountability and learning within UNDP. We produce rigorous evaluations of UNDP’s work, providing actionable insights to strengthen its contribution to development results globally.

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Independent Country Programme Evaluation: Thailand

This ICPE assesses the UNDP contribution to Thailand's development from 2022 to 2025 as the nation navigates a complex development landscape. The evaluation…

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Introducing UNDP’s Impact Evaluation Guidance

Impact evaluation at UNDP is a systematic, empirical approach to assessing the causal effects of UNDP interventions on development outcomes. It seeks to answer…

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Corporate evaluation
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Formative Evaluation of the UNDP Funding Windows

This evaluation assesses the Funding Windows, the principal UNDP mechanism for mobilizing flexible, thematic resources to complement declining core funding.

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Corporate evaluation
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Evaluating UNDP's Strategic Plan 2022-2025

This evaluation assessed the most significant changes shaped by the UNDP vision, its operationalization and influence on UNDP strategic positioning amidst a complex and evolving global development landscape within the period of January 2020 to September 2024.

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Thematic evaluation
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Evaluating UNDP's support to the private sector

The Evaluation of the UNDP Support to Private Sector Development and Structural Transformation was the first evaluation to assess UNDP's global contribution to private sector development and structural transformation.

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