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The Program Study on International Waters 2005 had three major objectives: an assessment of the impacts and results of the IW Focal Area to the protection of transboundary water ecosystems; an assessment of the approaches, strategies, and tools by which results were achieved; and identification…

The climate change program study evaluates performance and results, and how results were achieved. Given the size of the GEF portfolio and the need to identify overall lessons, this study focuses on outcomes and impacts of groups of mitigation projects, rather than detailed or immediate project…

The objective of the Biodiversity Program Study is to provide the GEF Council, the GEF Secretariat and its Biodiversity Team, the GEF Biodiversity Task Force, and the general biodiversity community with an assessment of how the GEF Biodiversity Program is performing and recommendations on how to…

This report presents the main findings of the GEF International Waters Program Study, conducted from August 2000 to February 2001.

The study was undertaken by a team comprising an independent lead consultant, representatives of GEF's monitoring and evaluation unit (M&E), GEF…

This study was prepared as part of the Global Environment Facility Monitoring and Evaluation (GEF M&E) work program for 2002. The rationale for the study emerged from the findings and conclusions of several earlier evaluations that suggested biodiversity initiatives supported by the GEF…

From 1991 to 2000, the GEF approved eight projects designed to stimulate markets for energy-efficient products—lights, refrigerators, industrial boilers, and building chillers—in 12 developing and transitional countries. Project costs for this portfolio are about half a billion dollars, with GEF…

The Project Performance Report (PPR) has three objectives; to assist decision-making on improvements to policies, strategies , program management, procedures and projects, to promote accountability for resource use, and to document and feedback on results and lessons learned. The PPR draws on…

This paper is a background document to the International Waters Program Study of 2002. It presents a review of GEF actions that have contributed to the development and implementation of water-related global and regional environmental agreements. The review is regionally based to emphasize…