Tackling rural poverty, together

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The purpose of the evaluation was to evaluate to what extent, and under what circumstances (in what country contexts), GBS is relevant, efficient and effective for achieving sustainable impacts on poverty reduction and growth.

The evaluation was forward looking and focused on providing lessons learned while also addressing joint donor accountability at the country level.

The evaluation covered the implementation and the results of GBS during the period 1994–2004. The seven case-study countries were Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam.

This Synthesis Report is intended to be more than a summary of the country studies. It adds another level of analysis to draw out the more general trends, findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations about the future use of GBS to donors and partner Governments at both operational and policy levels.