Ex-post Evaluation at KfW
Which reports do we publish? How do we proceed?
As a development bank that works for the federal government, KfW has great responsibility towards its partner countries, the German government and German taxpayers. This is why KfW depends on reliable information on whether the Financial Cooperation projects it funds on behalf of the federal government are successful or not. Every single project that is completed is subjected to an intensive, independent ex-post evaluation, also called a final evaluation.
Final evaluations serve a dual purpose:
- The impacts of each individual project are recorded, analysed and compared with the costs incurred. KfW reports these results to the German federal government and the general public. This provides accountability for its work as a development bank.
- Additionally, KfW wants to learn from past projects and apply these lessons to future projects
KfW Entwicklungsbank places great emphasis on truthful, fair and transparent evaluations. This is why it has assigned an independent Evaluation Department (FZ E) to perform these final evaluations.
This independent Evaluation Department (FZ E) issues a number of publications (biennial reports on results, abridged versions of individual evaluation reports, sustainability papers and a list of scheduled evaluations) that you can download directly from the Internet.
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Further information
Contact
KfW Entwicklungsbank
Dept. FZ E
Palmengartenstrasse 5- 9
60325 Frankfurt
Phone: 069 74 31-45 12
Fax: 069 74 31-45 15
FZ-Evaluierung@kfw.de
