Leveraging Evaluations for Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Challenges and a Way Forward

As the world grapples with pressing environmental challenges, the importance of integrating environmental considerations into evaluation practices and national evaluation systems has never been more crucial, presenting challenges and opportunities for evaluators and policymakers alike. Join host Dugan Fraser, Program Manager of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), and Geeta Batra, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-IEO), as they discuss a way forward on mainstreaming environmental indicators in evaluations and national evaluation systems. This podcast was recorded live as part of events to commemorate the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group’s (IEG) 50th Anniversary in late 2023.