Sector Assistance Program Evaluation on Education in Uzbekistan

 
 
Director 
R. B. Adhikari, Independent Evaluation Division 1, IED 
 
Team leader
K. Hardjanti, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED
Team members
A. Anabo, Senior Evaluation Officer, IED 
 
S. Labayen, Senior Operations Evaluation Assistant, IED 
Independent Evaluation Department, SE-22 
In preparing any evaluation report, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular 
territory or geographic area in this document, the Independent Evaluation Department does not 
intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 

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CONTENTS 
Page 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
I.
INTRODUCTION 1
A.
Objective, Scope, and Rationale 
1
B.
Evaluation Framework and Methodology 
1
II.
SECTOR BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT 
2
A.
The Evolving Political, Economic, and Social Setting 
2
B.
Key Development Challenges 
3
C.
Government's Strategies and Priorities in Education 
5
D.
The Education System in Uzbekistan 
6
E.
ADB's Strategies and Programs 
10
F.
Other Development Partners' Strategies and Programs 
12
G.
Findings and Lessons from Earlier Evaluations 
13
III.
ASSESSMENT OF ADB'S ASSISTANCE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR 
17
A.
Strategic and Institutional-Level (Top–Down) Performance Assessment 
17
B.
Project/Program-Level (Bottom–Up) Performance Assessment 
21
C.
Overall Assessment 
30
IV.
KEY FINDINGS, LESSONS, KEY ISSUES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
30
A.
Key Findings 
30
B.
Lessons 32
C.
Key Issues 
33
D.
Recommendations 34
APPENDIXES
1. 
ADB Lending and Nonlending Assistance for the Education Sector in Uzbekistan 
35 
2. Evaluation 
Framework 
37 
3. 
Selected Socioeconomic Data in Uzbekistan 
40 
4. 
ADB’s and Other Development Partners' Strategies and Activities for the Education 
Sector in Uzbekistan 
45 
5. 
Lessons from ADB's Past Assistance in the Sector 
47 
6. 
Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts of Completed and Ongoing Loan Projects for the 
Education Sector in Uzbekistan (1997–2009) 
51 
7. 
Ratings of Education Projects in Uzbekistan (1997–2008) 
79 
The guidelines formally adopted by the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) on avoiding 
conflict of interest in its independent evaluations were observed in the preparation of this report. 
Director General, IED recused himself from the review and approval of this report, and 
delegated this to Director, IED1 due to his previous involvement in all aspects of ADB’s 
operations in Uzbekistan. B. Prakash, R. Jamon, and M. Shagazatova were the consultants. To 
the knowledge of the management of IED, there were no conflicts of interest of the persons 
preparing, reviewing, or approving this report. 

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