Incremental cost is the fundamental operational principle of the GEF. The GEF funds the increment, or additional costs associated with transforming a project with national/local benefits into one with global environmental benefits. The principle of incremental cost was originally envisaged to…
Four-Year Work Program and FY08 Budget of the GEF Evaluation Office
GEF Country Portfolio Evaluation: the Philippines (1992 - 2007)
GEF Country Portfolio: Samoa (1992 - 2007)
Management Response to: GEF Annual Performance Report 2006
Management Response to: GEF Country Portfolio Evaluation: the Philippines (1992 - 2007)
Evaluation of Incremental Cost Assessment 2007
Joint Evaluation of the GEF Activity Cycle and Modalities
In June 2005, the GEF Council welcomed the proposed evaluation to assess the efficiency of the GEF activity cycle and modalities, and underscored that efforts to improve the cycle had so far not succeeded: "the project cycle elapsed times are still too long." The evaluation was approved as a…
Experience of Executing Agencies under Expanded Opportunities in the GEF
In 1999, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council approved expanded opportunities to undertake GEF projects for seven Executing Agencies (ExAs): the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the…
APR 2005 Report - Management Action Record (MAR)
Evaluation of the Catalytic Role of the GEF
The catalytic role of the GEF is reflected in the GEF Operational Strategy (OS, 1994) as one of 10 Operational Principles for the development and implementation of the GEF Work Program. This evaluation points the difficulties in implementing and assessing this principle and explores in more…