Mid Term Evaluation of the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI)

The AGI promotes the transition of adolescent girls from school to productive employment through interventions that are tested, and then scaled-up or replicated if successful. AGI is being implemented in eight (mostly conflict or post conflict) countries. Universalia was contracted to carry out an external, formative, forward-looking mid-term evaluation. The objectives of the review were: i) to identify the key achievements of the AGI towards implicit program objectives, ii) to identify the progress of AGI pilot projects to date vis-à-vis their objectives; iii) to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and lessons learned in the design, implementation and management of AGI at both the program and pilot project levels; and iv) to propose specific, actionable changes to PRMGE to maximize AGI’s potential impact and support the realization of the Bank’s implicit AGI program objectives.