This validation report provides an independent evaluation of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) country partnership strategy (CPS) for Timor-Leste for 2011–
2015 (the CPS period). The validation is primarily based on the self-assessment
prepared by ADB’s Pacific Department, the country partnership strategy final review
(CPSFR) that assessed progress on the CPS implementation up to December 2013. The
validation’s findings were supplemented with information gained from a desk review of
relevant documents, and from interviews held with (i) ADB staff, (ii) representatives of
the government, (iii) civil society, (iv) beneficiaries of ADB’s interventions, and (v) other
development partners during the Independent Evaluation Department’s 2014 mission
to Timor-Leste. Lessons and recommendations are provided to inform the new CPS
proposed for 2016–2020.