TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 5 Acknowledgments 7 Foreword by ODEC Chair 8 Message of the Director, OED 10 Executive Summary 12 Chapter 1: The Evaluation Year at a Glance Project Evaluations Macro-Level Evaluations Enabling, Learning and Outreach (ELO) Activities 20 24 26 27 Chapter 2: Performance Analysis and Development Results Performance Assessment Overview Criteria-Based Analysis Overall Performance Assessment Development Results 28 30 30 31 34 35 Chapter 3: Featured Topic: Evaluation in the Context of the Pandemic 42 Chapter 4: Learning and Emerging Practices 48 IsDB Annual Evaluation Report 2020 Chapter 5: Recommendations Synthesis of Recommendations Ensuring Continuous Supervision and Promoting M&E Improving IsDB’s Responsiveness and Communication with Stakeholders Focusing on Sector Strategy Improving the Capacity and Enabling Environment in MCs Ensuring Implementation Readiness Follow up on Previous Year Recommendations 56 58 59 60 Chapter-6: The Way Forward 64 Annex I: Snapshot of Project Evaluations Conducted in 2020 70 Annex II: OED 3-Year Rolling Program 91 Annex III: Eight Lessons for a Successful Delivery of IsDB’s COVID-19 Response 94 60 61 62 63 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Ankara – Konya Passenger Number, Revenue (million) and Occupancy Rate (%) Figure 2: Jorf Lasfar Port Traffic (million tons) and Number of Vessels Figure 3: OCP Products Traffic through Jorf Lasfar Port Figure 4: Job Creation by Sector Figure 5: 3 in 1 project in Number Figure 6: Zarqa project in Number Figure 7: PEP project in Number 4 IsDB Annual Evaluation Report 2020 35 36 36 38 39 40 41 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 5 AAOIFI Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions AER Annual Evaluation Report AfDB African Development Bank APIF Awqaf Properties Investment Fund AsDB Asian Development Bank AWP Annual Work Program BED Board of Executive Directors CIBAFI General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions CPPO Chief Product and Partnership Officer DAC Development Assistance Committee EA Executing Agency EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ECG Evaluation Cooperation Group ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EDEPC East Delta Electricity Production Company EDN Executive Dissemination Notes ELO Enabling, Learning and Outreach ENEP Ecole Nationale des Enseignants du Primaire / National School for Primary Teachers EPC Engineering, Procurement, and Construction ERIL Economic Research and Institutional Learning EvalMENA The Middle East and North Africa Evaluation Network G Gregorian Year GDP Gross Domestic Product GPS Good Practice Standards GWh Gigawatt hour H Hijri Year ICD Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector ICIEC Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit IFI International Financial Institution IIFM International Islamic Financial Market IsDB Islamic Development Bank IRTI Islamic Research and Training Institute ISFD Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development ITFC International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation IsDB Annual Evaluation Report 2020 6 Km Kilometer kV Kilovolt LOF Line of Financing MC Member Country M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MCPS Member Country Partnership Strategy MCPS IR Member Country Partnership Strategy Implementation Review MDB Multilateral Development Bank MFIs Microfinance Institutions MSC Microfinance Support Center MW Megawatt NEPCO National Electric Power Company NGO Non-Governmental Organization OCP Office Chérifien des Phosphates OCR Ordinary Capital Resources of IsDB ODEC Operations Development Effectiveness Committee OED Operations Evaluation Department OECD-DAC Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development – Development Assistance Committee P5P President’s Five-Year Program PCR Project Completion Report PEP Polio Eradication Program PMU Project Management Unit PPER Project Performance Evaluation Report PPP Public-Private Partnership PSD Private Sector Development RBLFs Results-Based Logical Frameworks RIEEP The Rural Income and Employment Enhancement Project SACCO Saving and Credit Cooperative SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SME Small and Medium Enterprise SPRP Strategic Preparedness and Response Program STEER Systematic Tracking of Execution of Evaluation Recommendations TA Technical Assistance UNDSS United Nations Department for Safety and Security UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services USD US Dollar VOLIP Vocational Literacy Program for Poverty Reduction Project WHO World Health Organization WPV1 Wild Poliovirus Type-1 IsDB Annual Evaluation Report 2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This Annual Evaluation Report 2020 of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) was prepared by a team led by Oguz Ceylan and comprised of Ababacar Gaye, Amin Abdullahi, Abdourahamane Dit Baffa Keita, Adamou Sanda Mayaki, Javeed Ahsan, Ahmed Abdelgawad, and Zakaria Hanafi. ... As Chairman of the Operations and Development Effectiveness Committee (ODEC) of the Board of Executive Directors at the Islamic Development Bank, I am delighted to affirm our commitment to support the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) programmatic governance and the oversight that ensures effective and efficient management of this independent function.