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  "title": "External Evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Office",
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  "summary": "We have been asked by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund to undertake an external review of the activities of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). This is the second such evaluation in the IEO’s twelve year history.",
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      "heading": "Purpose and scope",
      "content": "- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund requested an external review of the activities of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO).\n- This is the second such evaluation in the IEO’s twelve year history.\n- The report focuses on IEO activities since 2006, following the first review (the “Lissakers Report”) presented to the Board in 2006.\n- The Panel’s terms of reference (see Appendix I) set the central objective: evaluate how well the IEO has met its institutional mandates."
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      "heading": "Evaluation dimensions assessed",
      "content": "- The terms of reference ask the Panel to “assess the IEO’s effectiveness along several dimensions, including:\n  - (i) the appropriateness of evaluation topics;\n  - (ii) the independence of the IEO;\n  - (iii) the cost-effectiveness of the IEO and its operations; and\n  - (iv) the appropriateness and adequacy of the evaluation process including, but not limited to, how IEO recommendations are endorsed by the Board and implemented.”"
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      "content": "- The first external review was led by Karin Lissakers and evaluated the IEO’s first five years of operation, making recommendations to enhance its role within the IMF’s institutional architecture.\n- The current report builds on that history by examining developments and IEO performance post-2006."
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    "The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund requested an external review of the activities of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO).",
    "This is the second such evaluation in the IEO’s twelve year history.",
    "The report focuses on IEO activities since 2006, following the first review (the “Lissakers Report”) presented to the Board in 2006.",
    "The Panel’s terms of reference (see Appendix I) set the central objective: evaluate how well the IEO has met its institutional mandates.",
    "The terms of reference ask the Panel to “assess the IEO’s effectiveness along several dimensions, including:",
    "The first external review was led by Karin Lissakers and evaluated the IEO’s first five years of operation, making recommendations to enhance its role within the IMF’s institutional architecture.",
    "The current report builds on that history by examining developments and IEO performance post-2006.",
    "Publication date: February 8, 2013",
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    "Subject tags: Evaluation Committee, Independent Evaluation Office, Office of Internal Audit and Inspection",
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