Global Environment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office (IEO)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been the major source of financial and technical support for
countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity and use their biological resources in a sustain- able
manner. Since 1991, the GEF has, in collaboration with its Implementing Agenciesnotably the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bankprovided $4.8 billion in grants and
mobilized an additional $17.9 billion in cofinancing from public, multilateral, and private sources to 1,167