Civil society
Special evaluation study on the involvement of civil society organizations in Asian Development Bank operations
How successfully has the ADB involved civil society in its projects?
Authors:
; Operations Evaluations Department (ADB)
Publisher:
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank , 2006
This evaluation study assesses Asian Development Bank cooperation with civil society organisations (CSOs). It presents lessons and collates good practices of country CSOs' involvement in ADB operations.
It finds that CSO involvement has been strengthened in many areas, but identifies the following areas where further work is required:
- the concerns of grassroots organisations and beneficiaries might not always be reflected effectively in programmes, as participation is restricted largely to consultation at the formulation stage
- involvement in strategically important areas, such as policy advocacy and monitoring and evaluation, is comparatively rare
- strategies for involving civil society as partners in implementing ADB governance and anti-corruption polices are weak
- information gathering and sharing, including good practice approaches to involving CSOs, needs further work.
Appendices detail CSO involvement in ADB projects in Asia.
