In accordance with IFAD’s Evaluation Policy (2011) and the revised version
approved by the Executive Board at its 116th session in December 2015, the
Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) conducted the first country strategy
and programme evaluation (CSPE) in the Republic of Nicaragua in 2016.
2. Scope. The CSPE evaluated the partnership between IFAD and the Government
during the period 1999 to 2016 under the country strategic opportunities
programmes (COSOPs) of 2005 and 2012. The CSPE covered: (i) the performance
and impact of the portfolio of IFAD-funded projects, i.e. five projects, two of which
are currently under way; (ii) the performance and results of non-lending activities
such as policy dialogue, knowledge management and partnership-building; and
(iii) the performance of the country strategy.