🎧 Lessons for Future Crises from the World Bank Group’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
The World Bank Group delivered a response of unprecedented scale and speed to COVID-19, aiming to address both the immediate health crisis and the economic and social consequences of the pandemic.
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Lessons for building on the World Bank’s unprecedented health and social response to COVID-19
By the time COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the World Bank Group had already committed up to $160 billion in financing in response to the outbreak and had aligned its support with the World Health…
Universal Digital Inclusion and Usage (Approach Paper)
Available, affordable, and accessible digital connectivity can help deliver essential services, such as education and health care, and lead to an increase in economic growth. High levels of digital inclusion also offer…
The World Bank’s Role in and Use of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (Approach Paper)
Interest is high on the World Bank’s role in and use of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF) in light of the sharp rise in debt stress among low-income countries and a changing global risk…
Moving towards a Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Recovery
In this edition of Evaluation Headlines, Alison Evans, Director General of the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank and Marvin Taylor-Dormond, former Director General of the Independent Evaluation Department…
Early Evaluation of the World Bank’s COVID-19 Response to Save Lives and Protect Poor and Vulnerable People (Approach Paper)
Disrupting billions of lives and livelihoods, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic jeopardizes countries’ development gains and goals on an unprecedented scale. Restoring human capital and maintaining progress on…
Innovating Evaluation in Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies:
Dealing with operational challenges during the COVID-19 crisis.
World Bank Group Support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization (Approach Paper)
Effective domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) is essential for developing countries’ abilities to finance their development goals in a sustainable and equitable manner. DRM—the generation of government revenues from…
Why evaluators should embrace the use of geospatial data during Covid-19 (Coronavirus) and beyond
Geospatial data encompass all information that is ‘geotagged’ to an exact geographical location on earth. This information can be remotely sensed from space—i.e. satellite imagery—but can also be collected from…
Evidence as a guide in uncertain times - IEG in 2020
As the World Bank Group responded to the emerging pandemic, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) quickly realigned its work program to focus on the new priorities. Our capacity to adapt and provide insights relevant…