Towards Urban Resilience: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Approach 2007-2017 (Approach Paper)
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today and by 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Urbanization has the potential to lift people out of poverty and increase prosperity,…
Conversations: Strengthening the role of data in policy making-Perspectives from the World Bank Group, OECD, and AidData
Excerpts rom a recent panel discussion about how to strengthen data production and its use for development and policy making
Growing the Rural Non-Farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
Join us for an expert debate on how the World Bank Group can engage the rural non-farm economy to alleviate poverty.
Infographic: Growing the Rural Non-farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
This infographic is based on the findings of IEG's evaluation Growing the Rural Non-farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
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Rwanda Country Program Evaluation FY09-17 (Approach Paper)
The primary goal of this evaluation is to assess the Bank Group’s development effectiveness in Rwanda during the period FY09-17 and to inform the design and implementation of future WBG activities in Rwanda. The Country…
Investing in Higher Education for Better Development
IEG's recent evaluation reflects a rich debate around the role of higher education in development.
Two to Tango: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support for Fostering Regional Integration (Approach Paper)
Three overlapping forces shape economic and political systems in the contemporary world order: globalization, regionalism and nationalism. The first wave of regionalism in the 1960-1980 was primarily driven by the trade…
Iraq CLR Review FY14-17
This Completion and Learning Review for the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Iraq covers the period, FY 13-17. This is the first WBG CPS for Iraq following three Interim Strategy Notes (ISNs…
Iraq - Completion and Learning Review of the Country Partnership Framework : IEG Review
This review of Tanzania’s Completion
Report of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Country Assistance
Strategy (CAS) covers the period of the original CAS,
FY12-15, and the Country…