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.
Corporate Process Review of Managing for Development Results in CDB
Evaluation Report
Corporate
Complete
CDB
Management Response
Yes
Summary
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) formally embraced Managing for Development Results (MfDR) in 2000 and over the past two decades has increased attention to and investment in MfDR, including the adoption of MfDR Action Plans, independent reviews of its MfDR agenda, the development of guidelines, tools and training programmes, and the establishment of the Development Effectiveness Committee.The objective of this Corporate Process Review was to examine the current state of MfDR practice in the Bank and the degree to which it contributes to improved management decision-making and development effectiveness. The review focused on the period 2015-2020, aligned with CDB’s current and previous strategic planning periods (2015-2019, 2020-2024) and with the current and previous CDB MfDR Action Plans (2016-2019, 2020-2024).
