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.
Cluster Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation of OECS and ODT Borrowers 2010-2018
Financial Services
Evaluation Report
Country (CESE/CSPE)
Complete
Regional
Management Response
Yes
Summary
CDB’s Office of Independent Evaluation (OIE) Five-Year Plan (2017) highlights Country Strategy and Programme Evaluations (CSPEs) as one of its key activities. This evaluation examined CDB’s support to the region’s small economies, including countries and territories that are members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Following an evaluability assessment in 2017/18, OIE launched this evaluation in November 2018, and it was carried out between late January and July 2019.The objective of this evaluation was to assess Bank programming and performance in up to ten of its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), using the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. The evaluation is intended to inform the design and implementation of future Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) and programme interventions. The intended audiences for the evaluation are the CDB Board of Directors, CDB management and staff, governments of OECS member countries and territories, and CDB’s other development partners.
