Publication
2025
East AFRITAC Phase V Independent Midterm Evaluation
31/12/2025
This report sets out the findings and recommendations from a mid-term evaluation of AFRITAC East’s current fifth phase. It was undertaken primarily for learning, and informing the operations of the remainder of the current and next phase. The evaluation involved assessing a sample of CD projects implemented by AFE in the current phase, and also looking back at related activities in the previous phase. The selected CD projects were assessed against three OECD-DAC criteria: Effectiveness, Impact and Sustainability, through responses to Key Evaluation Questions (KEQ) related to each of these criteria. Assessment has been undertaken through five case studies and 11 desk reviews of 16 AFE CD projects, which covered 24 IMF Results-Based Management (RBM) logframe objectives. Each evaluation criterion has been awarded a qualitative grading (rating) with a score of between 4 and 1 based on an assessment of the responses to the relevant KEQ2. AFE governance and operations management, and regional workshops, were reviewed separately, and were not rated like the CD projects. Evaluation tools used were document reviews, interviews and surveys. The evaluation also involved impact studies of AFE CD delivered between 2002 (when the Center was established) and 2024, in three different workstreams, to three member countries, to gain insights into longer-term AFE contribution to its members’ institutional development.
2019
East AFRITAC Phase IV Independent Midterm Evaluation
29/04/2019
This report presents the results and recommendations from an external evaluation of Phase IV (July 2015 through January 2018) of the International Monetary Fund Regional Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) in East Africa (AFRITAC East). This evaluation includes an assessment of AFE strategic, operational, financing, and results-based management (RBM) systems. The overall objective of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which AFE has achieved its objectives, assessing the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact of its activities. Given AFE’s operational duration of 15 years, a particular focus of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which it has built on the work of the previous multi-year cycles and whether the results of previous phases have been sustained in the current phase.
2013
East AFRITAC Independent Mid-Term Evaluation - Phase III
29/11/2013
The overall Evaluation results of East AFRITAC’s Phase III are very strong. The Center has built on the foundations of the program’s previous phases and continued to leverage the advantages of the RTAC model to provide TA and training that is of excellent quality, high relevance and strongly owned by its member countries and TA beneficiaries. A number of initiatives in progress, such as the introduction of RBM, should improve AFE’s effectiveness by enabling better definition and tracking of results. We have made various suggestions on how project1 and program2 design, management and monitoring could be improved further to deliver strong outcomes. In addition, we have made further suggestions on how the Center’s operations and reporting could be further strengthened, that the AFE management, the Steering Committee and the IMF may wish to consider.
2008
Independent Evaluation of the African Technical Assistance Centers
01/12/2008
This independent evaluation is part of the governance structure of the East, West and Central African Technical Assistance Centers (AFRITACs). The evaluation is based on interviews of government officials, workshop participants, AFRITAC staff and representatives of other TA providers and information gathered during visits to eight countries (Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda in East Africa; Gabon and Cameroon in Central Africa; and Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea in West Africa), 815 responses to an electronic survey, interviews at IMF Headquarters and a review of available documents and data.
2005
East AFRITAC Independent Evaluation
30/04/2005
The AFRITAC mid-term evaluation was commissioned and managed by the IMF’s Office of Technical Assistance Management (OTM), and was conducted by a three-person team of independent consultants specializing in public economics, financial management, and evaluation techniques. The evaluation had three main objectives: (i) Assessing whether the AFRITACs have provided value added to beneficiary countries; (ii) Assessing the extent to which the AFRITACs’ objectives have been achieved, and (iii) Assessing whether the centers have enhanced cooperation between stakeholders (member countries, the IMF, and donors) in their respective regions.
Publication
-
East AFRITAC Phase V Independent Midterm Evaluation
31/12/2025
This report sets out the findings and recommendations from a mid-term evaluation of AFRITAC East’s current fifth phase. It was undertaken primarily for learning, and informing the operations of the remainder of the current and next phase. The evaluation involved assessing a sample of CD projects implemented by AFE in the current phase, and also looking back at related activities in the previous phase. The selected CD projects were assessed against three OECD-DAC criteria: Effectiveness, Impact and Sustainability, through responses to Key Evaluation Questions (KEQ) related to each of these criteria. Assessment has been undertaken through five case studies and 11 desk reviews of 16 AFE CD projects, which covered 24 IMF Results-Based Management (RBM) logframe objectives. Each evaluation criterion has been awarded a qualitative grading (rating) with a score of between 4 and 1 based on an assessment of the responses to the relevant KEQ2. AFE governance and operations management, and regional workshops, were reviewed separately, and were not rated like the CD projects. Evaluation tools used were document reviews, interviews and surveys. The evaluation also involved impact studies of AFE CD delivered between 2002 (when the Center was established) and 2024, in three different workstreams, to three member countries, to gain insights into longer-term AFE contribution to its members’ institutional development.
-
East AFRITAC Phase IV Independent Midterm Evaluation
29/04/2019
This report presents the results and recommendations from an external evaluation of Phase IV (July 2015 through January 2018) of the International Monetary Fund Regional Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) in East Africa (AFRITAC East). This evaluation includes an assessment of AFE strategic, operational, financing, and results-based management (RBM) systems. The overall objective of the evaluation is to assess the extent to which AFE has achieved its objectives, assessing the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact of its activities. Given AFE’s operational duration of 15 years, a particular focus of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which it has built on the work of the previous multi-year cycles and whether the results of previous phases have been sustained in the current phase.
-
East AFRITAC Independent Mid-Term Evaluation - Phase III
29/11/2013
The overall Evaluation results of East AFRITAC’s Phase III are very strong. The Center has built on the foundations of the program’s previous phases and continued to leverage the advantages of the RTAC model to provide TA and training that is of excellent quality, high relevance and strongly owned by its member countries and TA beneficiaries. A number of initiatives in progress, such as the introduction of RBM, should improve AFE’s effectiveness by enabling better definition and tracking of results. We have made various suggestions on how project1 and program2 design, management and monitoring could be improved further to deliver strong outcomes. In addition, we have made further suggestions on how the Center’s operations and reporting could be further strengthened, that the AFE management, the Steering Committee and the IMF may wish to consider.
-
Independent Evaluation of the African Technical Assistance Centers
01/12/2008
This independent evaluation is part of the governance structure of the East, West and Central African Technical Assistance Centers (AFRITACs). The evaluation is based on interviews of government officials, workshop participants, AFRITAC staff and representatives of other TA providers and information gathered during visits to eight countries (Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda in East Africa; Gabon and Cameroon in Central Africa; and Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea in West Africa), 815 responses to an electronic survey, interviews at IMF Headquarters and a review of available documents and data.
-
East AFRITAC Independent Evaluation
30/04/2005
The AFRITAC mid-term evaluation was commissioned and managed by the IMF’s Office of Technical Assistance Management (OTM), and was conducted by a three-person team of independent consultants specializing in public economics, financial management, and evaluation techniques. The evaluation had three main objectives: (i) Assessing whether the AFRITACs have provided value added to beneficiary countries; (ii) Assessing the extent to which the AFRITACs’ objectives have been achieved, and (iii) Assessing whether the centers have enhanced cooperation between stakeholders (member countries, the IMF, and donors) in their respective regions.