177: Evaluation frameworks for private sector investment and advisory services - approaches to evaluate private sector projects using the framework of International Finance Corporation as an example.

The poster will explain how the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, evaluates its investment and advisory service projects. The poster will demonstrate the frameworks, including key evaluation areas and dimensions, and rating approaches, as well as the processes, including self-evaluation undertaken by the project team and validation undertaken by the independent evaluation group.  By examining the evaluation activities of IFC, the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries, the poster intends to provide a useful model for social finance providers and impact investors, who intend to enhance their impact management or evaluation functions to foster their accountability and learning with the purpose of maximizing their impact.