Evaluate - Measure - Learn

A second, more thorough look can be useful. How come a protected area suffers heavy forest losses?

The impact of development projects cannot be measured inside a test tube. Our KfW Development Impact Lab uses rigorous impact evaluations where it makes sense and can contribute useful evidence.

What was the focus of our work during the past two years? Here´s a short overview of the projects we evaluated, our conclusions and lessons learned.

A look at the numbers - how many projects did we evaluate, to what extent were they successful and what is the financial scope of these projects?

Promoting equality sounds easy, but is a challenge. This is why our evaluations scrutinize gender aspects thoroughly. This way, future projects can fully exploit potentials for gender equality, and reduce or avoid discrimination.

Foundations handle development tasks and help to bridge financial gaps where no one takes responsibility. But how exactly do they work with financial copperation? In which contexts are they most useful?