From September 2005 to March 2006, CGD consulted a large group of diverse stakeholders to get feedback on a consultation draft of the working group report. An online survey with 61 respondents (out of over 500 recipients) asked specific questions relating to impact evaluation and the proposal for an independent, collective evaluation facility (read the results, PDF). CGD also solicited feedback from 100 individuals via meetings in London, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Menlo Park, California; in-person interviews; phone calls; and e-mail. Read a brief summary of the feedback. Input from these consultations and the ones held in developing countries was considered by the working group in drafting the final report, which was launched in May 2006 at a public event in Washington, DC.
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