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EVALUATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN ROMANIA Eduardo Wiesner United Nations Development Programme Evaluation Office The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessaritly represent those of the United Nations or the United Nations Development Programme © Evaluation Office 2002 Evauation Office United Nations Development Programme One United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA FOREWORD Since the early 90s the Evaluation Office (EO), of the UNDP has conducted and sponsored a number of studies on evaluation capacity development (ECD), in various developing countries. Many of these studies have become Country Monographs summarizing different experiences and lessons learned on evaluation practice. More recently, the EO has focused on exploring the critical linkages between results, budgets and management as part of a strategy to enhance the effectiveness of ECD activities. To date, most of these studies have focused on developing countries, not on transition economies which presents a particular modality of evaluation challenges. This ECD study of Romania is particularly interesting in this respect. All country evaluation capacity studies are somewhat different, if not in theory, certainly with regard to the different institut