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What Can 6 Countries Tell Us About Tax Reform?
Tax revenue gains are an increasingly important source of revenue, especially after the onset of the pandemic, as governments struggle to fund a myriad of demands, from health sector capacity building to climate change…
Why is it so hard to raise taxes in developing economies? Lessons from World Bank Experience with Domestic Revenue Mobilization
A new evaluation from the Independent Evaluation Group assesses the impact of World Bank support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization and identifies lessons for turning increased attention to this critical source of…
World Bank Support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization
This evaluation assessed the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank–supported strategies and interventions to help client countries enhance domestic revenue mobilization, a crucial component for financing sustainable…
🎧 Lessons from developing resilient agrifood systems
345 million people in 82 countries were experiencing acute food insecurity by June 2022. Climate change, the Coronavirus pandemic and rising food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine threatened to drive this number…
The Promise and Perils of Global Indicators: Doing Business and the Reform of the Business Enabling Environment
Global indicators can be very helpful, but they also require some caution in their use. Global indicators draw our attention to problems and provide metrics to compare across economies and over time.
IFC’s and MIGA’s Support for Private Investment in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations
This evaluation assesses IFC’s and MIGA’s effectiveness in supporting private investment and development impact in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) and identifies key factors constraining private…
World Bank Support to Reducing Child Undernutrition
This evaluation assesses the contribution of the World Bank to improve nutrition in children during 2007-2018 (FY08–FY19).
The private sector in low income and fragile countries needs more than credit
Lessons from the early implementation of the IDA Private Sector Window (PSW)
What helps to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations?
What helps to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations?
Find out what IEG has learned from evaluating World Bank support to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations in the past decade. IEG has…
