This document presents a synthesis of the main findings and lessons learned from evaluations completed in 2025 and published in early 2026, as well as from Project Completion Validation Reviews (PCVRs) conducted between 2023 and 2025. Together, these sources provide a consolidated view of the evidence emerging from the Caribbean Development Bank's recent evaluation portfolio.The evaluations and PCVRs offer important insights into what is working well, where challenges persist, and what lessons can be drawn to strengthen future programming. They provide evidence for the Bank, its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), and the Board of Directors to inform decision-making, enhance development effectiveness, and strengthen the design and implementation of future interventions.
Assessment: Mainstreaming Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management 2005-2011
Climate
Evaluation Report
Corporate
Complete
CDB
Management Response
Yes
Summary
Given CDB’s increased emphasis on climate-smart and environmental-sustainable development, poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, this report presents the results of the assessment of the extent and effectiveness of the mainstreaming of environmental, disaster risk management and climate change considerations in CDB’s strategies, policies, programmes, projects and operations over the period 2005–2011.The assessment focuses primarily on how CDB has approached mainstreaming within the Bank and within BMCs. It presents the key successes and strengths, as well as gaps, and provides recommendations on the way forward.
