Sector Assistance Program Evaluation on Education in Uzbekistan

Overall Rating 
Successful 
16 
 
Table A7.2: Bottom-up Assessment: Summary of Ratings of Completed and Ongoing Loans 
Item
Relevance 
(0–3) 
Effectiveness 
(0–6) 
Efficiency
(0–3) 
Sustainability 
(0–6) 
Impact
(0–6) 
Rating
(0–24) 
Overall 
Assessment 
Completed 
Loans 
Relevant 
(2.2) 
Effective 
(4.2) 
Efficient 
(low side) 
(1.6) 
Likely 
(4.4) 
Substantial 
(4.4) 
16.8 Successful 
Ongoing 
Loans 
Highly 
Relevant 
(3) 
Effective 
(4) 
Efficient
(2) 
Most likely
(5) 
Substantial 
(4.5) 
18.5 Successful 
All Loans 
Relevant
(2.4) 
Effective 
(4.1) 
Efficient 
(low side) 
(1.7) 
Likely 
(4.6) 
Substantial 
(4.4) 
17.3 
Successful 
Table A7.3: Bottom–up Assessment: Summary of Ratings of Technical Assistance 
Item 
Relevance
(0–3) 
Effectiveness 
(0–6) 
Efficiency
(0–3) 
Sustainability 
(0–6) 
Impact
(0–6) 
Rating
(0–24) 
Overall 
Assessment 
TAs Relevant 
(2.5) 
Effective
(3.8)
Inefficient 
(1.5) 
Less likely 
(3) 
Modest 
(3) 
13.8 Partly 
Successful 
 
 
 

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Table A7.4: Bottom–up Ratings of Individual Loan and Technical Assistance Projects
 

No. 
Projects 
Relevance
(0–3) 
Effectiveness 
(0–6) 
Efficiency
(0–3) 
Sustainability
(0–6) 
Impact
(0–6) 
Rating
(0–24) 
Overall 
Assessment 
Completed Loans 
1 
1594/
1595 
Basic Education Textbook Development 
Project
a
2 5 2 6 6 
21 
Highly 
Successful 
2 
1737 Senior Secondary Education Project
2 
3 
1 
3 
3 
12 
Partly 
Successful 
3 
1960 Education Sector Development Program 
(Program Loan)
2 4 1 4 4 
15 
Successful 
1961 
Education Sector Development Program 
(Project Loan)
b
2 4 2 4 4 
16 
Successful 
4 
2093 Second Textbook Development Project
b
3 
5 
2 
5 
5 20 Successful 
All Completed Loans 
Relevant 
(2.2) 
Effective
(4.2) 
Efficient 
(low side) 
Likely 
(4.4) 
Substantial 
(4.4) 
(16.8) Successful 


 
(1.6) 
 
 
 
 
Ongoing Loans 
 
 
 
 
 
5 
2191 Information and Communications 
Technology in Basic Education Project 
3 4 2 5 4 
18 
Successful 
6 
2380 Rural Basic Education Project 
3 
4 
2 
5 
5 
19 
Successful 
All Ongoing Loans 
Highly 
Relevant 
Effective 
(4) 
Efficient 
(2)
Most likely
(5) 
Substantial 
(4.5) 
(18.5) Successful 

 
(3) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All Loans 
Relevant 
(2.4) 
Effective
(4.1) 
Efficient 
(low side) 
(1.7) 
Likely
(4.6) 
Substantial 
(4.4) 
(17.3) Successful 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Technical 
Assistance
c
 
7 
2947 Monitoring the Implementation of 
Education Reform
2 3 1 3 3 
12 
Partly 
Successful 
8 
2948 Capacity Building in Education Finance
3 
5 
2 
4 
4 
18 
Successful 
9 
3286 Capacity Building of the Center for Senior 
Secondary Education [SSTA]
d
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
n.a.
10 3368 Assessment of Regional and School 
Management Structure and Capacity for 
Senior Secondary Education [SSTA]
d
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
n.a.

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No. 
Projects 
Relevance
(0–3) 
Effectiveness 
(0–6) 
Efficiency
(0–3) 
Sustainability
(0–6) 
Impact
(0–6) 
Rating
(0–24) 
Overall 
Assessment 
11 3399 Interim Review of Senior Secondary 
Education System
3 4 2 3 3 
15 
Successful 
12 4729 Effective Management of Investments 
and Reforms in Basic Education
2 3 1 2 2 
10 
Partly 
Successful 
All TAs 
Relevant 
(2.5) 
Effective
(3.8) 
Inefficient 
(1.5) 
Less likely
(3) 
Modest
(3) 
(13.8) Partly 
Successful 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overall Assessment of all Loans and TAs 
Relevant
(2.5) 
Effective
(4.0) 
Efficient 
(1.6) 
Likely
(4) 
Substantial 
(3.9) 
(16) Successful 
n.a. = not applicable, SSTA = small-scale technical assistance; TA = technical assistance.
Note: Rating: Highly Successful: if the sector performance score is equal to or greater than 20; Successful: if the sector performance score is greater than 15 and less 
than 20; Partly Successful: if the sector performance is greater than 10 and equal or less than 15; Unsuccessful: if the sector performance score is 10 or less. 
a
Details of loans and TA projects are found in Appendix 1. They are not footnoted when they are referred to in the text. 
b
Completed but not closed; no project completion report prepared. 
c
Include advisory TAs only; exclude project preparatory TAs. 
d 
SSTAs were not rated. 
Source: Independent Evaluation Department. 

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Document Outline

• COVER PAGE
• CONTENTS
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• I. INTRODUCTION
  • A. Objective, Scope, and Rationale
  • B. Evaluation Framework and Methodology
• II. SECTOR BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
  • A. The Evolving Political, Economic, and Social Setting
  • B. Key Development Challenges
  • C. Government's Strategies and Priorities in Education
  • D. The Education System in Uzbekistan
  • E. ADB's Strategies and Programs
  • F. Other Development Partners' Strategies and Programs
  • G. Findings and Lessons from Earlier Evaluations
• III. ASSESSMENT OF ADB'S ASSISTANCE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR
  • A. Strategic and Institutional-Level (Top–Down) Performance Assessment
  • B. Project/Program-Level (Bottom–Up) Performance Assessment
  • C. Overall Assessment
• IV. KEY FINDINGS, LESSONS, KEY ISSUES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • A. Key Findings
  • B. Lessons
  • C. Key Issues
  • D. Recommendations
• APPENDIXES
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
  • Appendix 5
  • Appendix 6
  • Appendix 7
• IN222-10_cover.pdf
  • P. Tritasavit, Office of Cofinancing Operations
  • (Ext. 6552)