Program Evaluation of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) 2016

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Program Evaluation of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) 2016

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Overview

The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) was established in response to guidance received from the Seventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Marrakech in 2001, as one of its climate change adaptation financing mechanisms. The LDCF is mandated by the parties to the UNFCCC to, among others, provide support to LDCs’ climate change adaptation efforts, including the preparation of national adaptation programs of action (NAPAs), the implementation of NAPA priority projects in LDCs, as well as support for the preparation of the national adaptation plan process in eligible developing countries. The main objective of this evaluation is to provide evaluative evidence on progress toward LDCF objectives, major achievements, and lessons learned since the Fund’s establishment. The evaluation looked into three key evaluation questions: 1) How relevant is LDCF support in light of UNFCCC COP guidance and decisions; the GEF adaptation programming strategy; and countries’ broader developmental policies, plans, and programs? 2)How effective and efficient is the LDCF in reaching its objectives, based on emerging results? 3) What are the emerging results and factors that affect the sustainability and resilience of these results?