Abstract: The final report of the strategic evaluation of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) presents the results and synthesis of the information obtained from the desk review and stakeholder interviews carried out as part of task one activities and the findings from country visits to 10 projects and the web based survey undertaken as task two. It also draws on the three meetings and presentations which took place with the evaluation steering group in May, July and November 2006 and on the written comments received from the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan on the draft final report. This June 2007 version of the final report responds to a request from the advisor to the Executive Director for Japan, the World Bank for clarification on the specific points raised by the Japanese Ministry of Finance in February. The objectives of the evaluation are to: a) review the progress and development impact to date of JSDF; b) assess the achievements of JSDF as a whole and of selected grants, in the light of the fund's objectives; and c) make recommendations on ways in which the fund might better achieve its objectives in the future. The purpose of the report is to present the results and conclusions of the study and a set of recommendations.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-03-17
Language: en
Type: article
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