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How to maximize impact of development policy financing in a rapidly changing country context: Lessons from Burkina Faso
Successful reforms require close consideration of—and adaptation to—changing country contexts.
Seychelles - Completion and learning review for the period FY12-FY16 : IEG review
The World Bank Group's (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Seychelles covers the period, FY12-FY15. The CPS was extended by one year to FY16 at the Country Partnership Strategy Progress Report (CPSPR) in FY15.…
Zambia - Public Sector Management Program Support Project
This PPAR evaluates the World Bank's Public Sector Management Program Support
Project (PSMP-SP) for the second phase of the public service reform program in Zambia.
The project was approved on May 1, 2006, and closed…
Maximizing the Impact of Development Policy Financing in IDA Countries: A Stocktaking of Success Factors and Risks - An IEG Meso Evaluation
Development policy financing (DPF) has evolved from supporting structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 1990s to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 2000s. It has been…
Is Budget Support an Endangered Species? Why giving cash directly to developing countries may (still) be a good idea.
A number of recent studies by IEG and the European Commission provide evidence of the positive impacts of general budget support, as well as insights into why in some country cases it has failed.
Macedonia - Policy-Based Guarantee Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) assesses the policy-based
guarantee (PBG) to FYR Macedonia, which was approved on November 10, 2011.
The PPAR provides an in-depth look at this operation four years…
Vietnam - Sixth-Tenth Poverty Reduction Supports Credit Project; Second Phase of the 135 Programs Supports Credit Project; and One-Two Public Investment Reform Project
This Program Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) evaluates three completed series of Development Policy Operations (DPOs) that consisted of 10 operations implemented from 2007 to 2012. Around $2 billion was disbursed…
Rwanda - Fourth Poverty Reduction Strategy Grant, Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Grant, Sixth Poverty Reduction Support Grant, and Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Financing
This Project Performance Assessment Report evaluates a programmatic series of four development policy financing (DPF) operations approved for Rwanda over 2008–11. The series consisted of four single-tranche operations:…
Ten factors that improve the impact of Development Policy Financing in IDA countries
A new IEG report outlines the conditions that maximize development outcomes for Development Policy Financing in IDA countries.
Montenegro - Financial Sector Policy Based Guarantee Project
This Program Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) evaluates the financial sector
policy-based guarantee (FSPBG) to Montenegro in the amount of €60 million
implemented in 2012-2013. It supported a commercial loan in…