Approach Paper. Extended Country Program Evaluation: Peru, 2017-2026

Extended Country Program Evaluations (XCPEs) evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Group's support. The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) prepares XCPEs pursuant to the Country Product Protocol. XCPEs are independent evaluations that cover the two prior Bank country strategies and the corresponding country program. They focus both on accountability and lessons learned, aiming to answer not only the question of what happened but also how and why. In the XCPEs, OVE makes recommendations that, if endorsed by the IDB and IDB Invest Boards of Executive Directors, should lead to improvements in the next country strategy and program.

The XCPE for Peru will evaluate the IDB Group's performance in the country during the 2017-2026 period. The XCPE will cover the 2017-2021 and 2022-2026 country strategies, with a review period that runs from 10 May 2017 (approval date of the first of these country strategies) to 31 December 2025. This approach paper defines the objectives, scope, evaluation questions, methodology, and work plan that will steer preparation of the XCPE.