Common Performance Assessment System - COMPAS

What is COMPAS?


COMPAS, the Common Performance Assessment System, was designed in 2005 as a framework through which the multilateral development banks (MDBs) could track their capacities to manage for development results. COMPAS has become an established and recognized report for constructive dialogue within and among MDBs and partners to sharpen their focus on managing for development results (MfDR).



COMPAS focuses on measuring the MDBs’ capacities to apply and improve operational processes toward achieving results on the ground. As a self-reporting exercise, COMPAS aims to measure MfDR capacity and progress consistently through the analysis of key performance indicators consolidated into a concise and convenient format, and comparable within each MDB. COMPAS is not designed to make direct comparisons across institutions, although the matrix format of the report does provide opportunities for the MDBs to learn from one another.

COMPAS 2010


The 2010 COMPAS report shows that multilateral development banks (MDBs) have made progress toward strengthening their focus on results and improving their frameworks and systems for managing for development results (MfDR). This year the WG-MfDR has also produced a short brochure that highlights the corporate results frameworks of the participating institutions.



This year the WG-MfDR has also produced a short brochure that highlights the corporate results frameworks of the participating institutions.



Participating Institutions