Bhutan
Key documents consulted
This is a listing of important documents, reports and evaluations that were referred to during the ADR. Most of them are in the public domain and are accessible on the UNDP Bhutan website (www.undp.org.bt) as well as on the different websites of the Royal Government of Bhutan. The ADR Team also had access to internal UNDP documents that are also listed below.
UNDP’s strategic positioning
This chapter examines issues relating to UNDP’s strategic positioning and options for the future. It is based on an assessment of UNDP Bhutan’s comparative strengths, an identification of factors contributing to and limiting UNDP’s effectiveness, and an evaluation of UNDP’s relevance and responsiveness. Critical aspects of UNDP’s partnership strategy are also analyzed and discussed.
Lessons and recommendations
UNDP Bhutan has played an important supportive role in enhancing human development in Bhutan. Over the years, it has emerged as a trusted partner of RGoB. Moreover, the CO has established its credibility with other development partners as an effective stakeholder in the country’s development.
Foreword
The Assessment of Development Results (ADR) Bhutan report presents the findings of the evaluation of UNDP’s contributions in Bhutan, carried out by the Evaluation Office (EO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2006. It is one of seven ADRs completed in 2006. An ADR is conducted in response to the requirements of the evaluation policy of UNDP endorsed by the UNDP Executive Board in June 2006, which calls for an independent country-level evaluation of UNDP’s attainment of its intended and achieved results as well as its contributions to the development results of the countries where it works. The aim of the ADR is to generate lessons for strengthening country-level programming and contribute to the organization’s effectiveness and substantive accountability.
The Quality of UNDP contributions
This chapter discusses the quality of UNDP contributions, including their overall relevance to national priorities and UNDP’s mandate, programmatic and managerial efficiency, and the sustainability of programme results.
Bhutan
No. 27962. United Nations (United Nations Development Programme), Bhutan and World Wildlife Fund and the Conservation Foundation
Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a Trust Fund for environmental conservation in Bhutan (with annex). Signed at Washington on 6 March 1991
No. 27174. International Atomic Energy Agency and Bhutan
Agreement for the application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (with protocol). Signed at New York on 24 October 1989
No. 30443. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Bhutan
Loan Agreement-First Eastern Zone Agricultural Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements of the Fund dated 19 September 1986). Signed at Rome on 16 July 1992
No. 30443. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Bhutan
Loan agreement--first eastern zone agricultural projet between the kingdom of bhutan and the international fund for agricultural development. Rome, 16 July 1992
No. 39694. International Development Association and Bhutan
Development Credit Agreement (Education Development Project) between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Washington, 4 September 2003