Report of the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group to CGIAR International Centers Week 1998

Abstract

Report of the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG) to CGIAR International Centers Week 1998. The report reprints the terms of reference of the IAEG, and its strategy to build capacity for impact assessment among IARCs and NARS. It discusses IARC participation in IAEG evaluation activities, including annual reports on the impact achieved by the CGIAR, and reports progress in establishing an IAEG Secretariat located at UNDP and appointing an Executive Secretary.The report describes an IAEG-commissioned project to assess the adoption of center technologies. Two documents from that project presented at ICW 1998, and one document, from ICW97 are provided in separate records under the title "IAEG - Factors Affecting the Adoption and Impact of CGIAR Innovations." The report also describes preparations for studies of the impact of CGIAR crop germplasm improvement on food production, and of the impact of CGIAR innovations on poverty.