This evaluation examines the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Country Engagement Strategy (CES) for Saint Lucia for the period 2020–23, including activities designed and implemented until December 2024. The evaluation uses a mixed-methods approach, combining document reviews, portfolio analysis, and stakeholder interviews, to inform the next CES. The evaluation process supported participation, reflection, and co-creation. During the inception phase, feedback was collected from CDB staff and Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) counterparts to refine the focus and ensure evaluation questions would generate insights aligned with both CDB’s strategic needs and GOSL priorities. A Theory of Change workshop was conducted with CDB and GOSL stakeholders to reconstruct the underlying logic of the CES and identify key assumptions and change pathways. This collaboration provided a shared foundation for assessing progress and strategic alignment. Validation of emerging findings was carried out via an online workshop. A hybrid co-creation workshop was held with Saint Lucia-based stakeholders and CDB staff to collaboratively develop recommendations and ensure proposed actions are useful, specific, and actionable, with the aim of increasing the success of the next CES.
Evaluation of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Environmental and Social Review Procedures 2014- 2022
Evaluation Report
Corporate
Complete
CDB
Summary
The current version of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Environmental and Social Review Procedures (ESRP) document was approved in 2014 and built on earlier experience in the application of the Bank’s Environmental Review Guidelines (1994) and the Guidelines for the Social Analysis of Projects (2004). The ESRP outlines how CDB, within its mandate and operations, ensures that environmental and social risks are managed. The ESRP include eight environmental and social performance requirements (PRs) to:Optimise decision-making with respect to environmental and social impacts, and risks to anticipate, avoid, mitigate, and/or compensate for adverse project impacts on the environment and affected people and communities. Assist Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) to build capacity and strengthen their institutions and governance systems to manage environmental and social risks effectively. Provide staff, BMCs, and other development partners with a clear understanding of CDB’s requirements, and procedures, accountabilities for managing environmental and social risks in its operations. The Environmental Sustainability Unit (ESU) is responsible for updating and revising the ESRP, developing other policies/procedures, familiarising and training staff, and providing general guidance. The ESU and the Social Sector Division (SSD) are also involved in project work, coordinating project appraisal and supervision, and providing technical inputs.
