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All Annual Impact Report (AIR)
Annual Impact Report (AIR) is a synthesis of the impact evaluation work the Office undertakes each year. The GEF Evaluation Office presented its first AIR to the Council in November 2007.
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Annual Impact Report 2012 The sixth annual impact report presents the findings and recommendations of the impact evaluation of GEF support to the South China Sea and adjacent areas carried out between December 2010 and September 2012, covering 34 projects in 7 countries and spanning 20 years of GEF support. Conclusions include that while GEF support has made important contributions to addressing regional transboundary issues and helped channel other funding into supporting the issues, there are still constraints to broader adoption of GEF-... |
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Annual Impact Report 2011 This is the fifth annual impact report compiled by the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office (GEFEO) and presents information on activities including progress made in implementing the impact evaluation of GEF activities in the South China Sea and adjacent areas to address regional transboundary issues. The report outlines the objectives, scope, approach, methodology, limitations, proposals for stakeholder involvement and progress to date in relation to the evaluation.
The report also outlines the... |
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Annual Impact Report 2010 The fourth annual impact report contains updates on the evaluation of GEF Biodiversity projects in Peru undertaken in collaboration with the Independent Evaluation (IEG) group of the World Bank. The evaluation aims to assess the impact of GEF support on Biodiversity, environmental stress reduction, and the socioeconomic status of local communities.
The report also discusses preparatory work on the International Waters evaluation assessing the impact of GEF activities in the South China Sea and adjacent areas to... |
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Annual Impact Report 2009 The 2009 Annual Impact Report compiled by the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office (GEFEO) presents information on the following studies: the impact evaluation of GEF assistance for the phaseout of ozone-depleting substances in economies in transition; a study of the effectiveness of a project design to permit experimental impact evaluation; and ongoing impact evaluation of biodiversity projects in Peru in collaboration with the Independent Evaluation group, World Bank.
The report also contains an... |
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Annual Impact Report 2008 The second annual impact report presents information on topics including an overview of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) impact evaluation work in 2008 including the mixed-method approach which was pursued in line with the conclusions of the 2007 Annual Impact Report. This includes two new case studies completed in 2008 in Thailand and Costa Rica which provide insights on the impacts of protected areas. Findings included that districts surrounding Costa Rica and Thailand experienced less poverty than counterfactual... |
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Annual Impact Report 2007The first annual impact report includes an explanation of two parallel evaluation approaches developed and tested by the Global Environment Facility’s Evaluation Office (GEFEO): i) a theory-based approach to link outcomes to impact in three protected area projects in Bwindi-Mgahinga, Lewa, and at cross-border sites in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; and ii) a statistical analysis of existing time-series data on deforestation and protected areas in Costa Rica.
The AIR presents a number of conclusions, including that there are recorded... |