Evaluation of Japan’s Technical Assistance Trust Funds in the Sustainability, Access to Finance and Corporate Advice Business Lines

Narrative description of Project:

The purpose of this assignment was to assess the development results and lessons learned from the contribution of Japan’s Technical Assistance Trust Fund Program (TATF) at the project and program levels in advisory services areas selected among three business lines (Environmental and Social Sustainability, Access to Finance and Corporate Advice). The goal was to complete an evaluation of Japan-funded projects and programs. The results will be shared with a wide audience, including the Ministry of Finance and the Japanese public.The summary table indicates an overall rating of each of the five programs in addition to respective project-level rating. In order to integrate multiple Program-level ratings into one overall Fund-level rating, a certain weight was decided and given to each rating. Finally, by applying these weights, the resulting Fund-level evaluation is Satisfactory.

Description of actual services provided in the assignment:

1. Evaluation work of total 12 projects under 5 program categories

2. Integration of 5 program-level ratings into a single, overall rating.

Name of senior regular full-time employees of your firm involved and functions performed: Ryo Sasaki (Team Leader).

Approx. value of the services provided by your firm under the contract: US$ 93,378; JPY 8,783,135

Client: IFC  International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group.

Duration of assignment (months): 2.8 Months

Total No of person-months of the assignment: 3.27 M/M