Publications
Evaluation of the AGRI3 Fund
The Inclusive Green Growth department (IGG) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) commissioned SEO Amsterdam Economics to provide evaluation and monitoring support for the AGRI3 Fund. The evaluation team found that the fund's approach and instruments were relevant but identified a need for increased risk-taking and enhanced use of TA to fully realise its ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture and rural development.
2024-51
Evaluation IFC’s Women in Work Program
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) commissioned SEO Amsterdam Economics (SEO) and the Kandy Consulting Group (KCG) to conduct an impact evaluation of its Women in Work (WiW) program in Sri Lanka. The evaluation showed that the program was relevant and effective and contributed to creating change towards gender equality at the level of individuals, firms, as well as at public institutions.
2023-104A + 2023-104B
Impact Evaluation of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative in Sri Lanka
At the request of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), SEO Amsterdam Economics conducted an impact evaluation of activities provided under the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) in Sri Lanka.
2023-39
Evaluation of PSD Apps and Toolkit
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) commissioned SEO Amsterdam Economics (SEO) and MDF Training & Consultancy (MDF) to conduct a mid-term evaluation of its Private Sector Development (PSD) Toolkit and an end-line evaluation of its predecessor, PSD Apps. The overall finding is that the PSD Toolkit and PSD Apps have performed well against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria thus far, with opportunities for further improvements in the areas of external coherence and sustainability.
2022-151A+B
Independent assessment of the AGRI3 Fund proposal
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands commissioned SEO to carry out a Mid-Term Review of 2SCALE, an incubator and accelerator programme in agricultural food sectors in Africa.
2019-76
Mid-term evaluation of the Global Tax Program (GTP)
The World Bank (WB) commissioned SEO Amsterdam Economics to conduct a mid-term evaluation (MTE) of its Global Tax Program (GTP). The evaluation team concluded that the GTP is a well-managed programme and has thus far performed well against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, despite operational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022-150
Mid-term evaluation Revenue Mobilization Thematic Fund (RMTF)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) commissioned SEO Amsterdam Economics to conduct a mid-term evaluation (MTE) of its Revenue Mobilization Thematic Fund (RMTF). The evaluation team concluded that the RMTF is well-managed and has thus far performed well against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, despite operational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022-129
Independent assessment of the AGRI3 Fund proposal
At the request of the Inclusive Green Growth Department (IGG) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), SEO has conducted an independent assessment of the request for funding related to the AGRI3 Fund Grant Proposal
2019-76
Spurring entrepreneurship in Sint Maarten
In December 2020, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands agreed on the Sint Maarten Country Package. Research of SEO Amsterdam Economics (SEO), in collaboration with Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA) and Tackling Law have resulted in five priority policy packages. These packages contain corresponding policy measures that address these bottlenecks and issues that Sint Maarten can take in the short, medium and long term to integrally and substantially improve the ease of doing business.
2022-44
Making health businesses healthier
PharmAccess' holistic approach to the Healthy Business Development Programme has helped reduce clinical, business and financial gaps among SMEs in the Kenyan private health sector.
2021-36