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.
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Basic Needs Trust Fund 7 and 8
Poverty Alleviation
Evaluation Report
Corporate
Complete
CDB
Summary
Under the Basic Needs Trust Fund Sixth Programme (BNTF 6) approved by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Directors (BOD) at its Two Hundred and Thirty-Second Meeting held on July 24, 2008 pursuant to Paper BD70/08, CDB was required to engage independent consultants to complete the Programme Closing Report (PCR). Additionally, under the terms of the Basic Needs Trust Fund Seventh and Eighth Programmes approved by BOD at its Two Hundred and Fifty-Third and Two Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Meetings held on October 23, 2012 and December 11, 2014 pursuant to Paper BD101/12 and BD83/14 respectively, CDB was required to engage independent consultants to conduct a composite Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of BNTF 7 and 8. The BNTF 7 Paper stated that a MTE will be completed within two years of satisfaction of conditions precedent of the Grant Agreements. BNTF 8 Paper stated that the MTE would be done simultaneously with BNTF 7.
