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FINEXPO EVALUATION
Sample of files
The core of the documentary analysis is based on a sample representative of the entire
portfolio of 108 activities. Next to the “review” of the 108 files, the analysis focuses on
the sample in order to draw specific lessons. The objective of this sample is to reduce as
much as possible the number of files to be analysed while being representative of all the
files. The selection process must be systematic. If one of the selected files doesn’t match
one selection criterion, the sample is no longer representative and none of the selected
files are justified. Four criteria drive the selection:
Visited countries,
FINEXPO instruments used,
Beneficiary companies,
Amount of the credit.
First criterion: Visited countries
The sample encompasses all the projects implemented in Ghana and Vietnam (27 files).
Then, the quality of the sample selected against this first criterion is checked against the
other criteria and projects are added in order to improve the quality of the selected
projects list. The files of other activities should cover features not covered by these 27
files.
Second criterion: Instruments
The second selection criterion is the subdivision of instruments. For each instrument, the
projects carried out in Vietnam and Ghana represent the following share of the portfolio:
Table 14: Distribution of instruments in the portfolio and in Vietnam and Ghana
Instrument Portfolio
Vietnam %
Ghana
IS 57 36 14 39
ISD 58 8 5
63
D 59 1 0 0
Tied StS 60 59 8 14
Untied StS 61 4 0 0
Total 108 27 25
This criterion shows that a sample made up only of activities in Vietnam and Ghana
would not be representative for the entire portfolio, since:
Donation and untied State-to-State loans are not represented in Vietnam and
Ghana
As far as it concerns donations, only one donation has been implemented since
1997. That was in Ivory Coast (N°8145 – Rehabilitation of the OTN ring
between 13 jurisdictions in Abidjan). This donation has been added to
the sample, disregarding other selection criteria.
see
57 IS : Interest subsidies
58 ISD : Interest subisdies with donation
59 D : donation
60 Tied StS : tied State-to-State loans
61 Untied StS : untied State-to-to loans
Final report – Appendix 4 – page 115