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.
Final Report on the Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Caribbean Development Bank over the Period 2004-2009
Poverty Alleviation
Evaluation Report
Corporate
Complete
CDB
Management Response
Yes
Summary
Poverty reduction has featured as a development priority of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for several cycles, in particular in the context of the Special Development Fund (SDF). Successive reviews of SDF focused on what has been done in terms of poverty reduction in the context of the SDF facility, but not on how CDB as an organisation has operationalised its poverty reduction efforts beyond the SDF framework. This report assesses the effectiveness of the implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) over the period 2004-2009, within the context of the standard evaluation criteria - Relevance, Efficiency and Efficacy.
