This is the first country strategy evaluation of Barbados commissioned by the Office of Independent Evaluation. It covers two strategies: the 2010-13 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and the 2015-18 Country Strategy Paper (CSP). It also comments on the developments in the first year since the new government formed after May 2018, going slightly beyond the CSP period (by an additional 6 months) since these are highly relevant to the issues covered.