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World Bank – a ‘Knowledge Bank’ or a ‘Report Bank’?
Through Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) the World Bank provides countries with tailored analysis drawn from its wealth of expertise and global experience. However, without a deliberate focus on the use and…
🎧 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…
External Review of IEG sees ‘considerable strides’ over last 7 years
A report by independent experts recognizes progress on learning dimension of evaluations, continued effectiveness during COVID-19, with recommendations for even greater impact.
🎧 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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The World Bank Group’s Capital Increase Package in the Context of the Forward Look - An Independent Validation (Approach Paper)
This validation assessment fulfills the commitment in the capital increase package (CIP) of an independent assessment after five years. Building on management’s own reporting and other evidence, the validation will…
What have we learned about job creation and fisheries projects?
This blog is part of a two-part series based on the results of a Learning Engagement focused on ways to increase the contribution of World Bank crop agriculture and fisheries projects to job creation and economic…
🎧 Lessons from Shifting Paradigms in Disaster Risk Reduction
Disasters caused by natural hazards increasingly threaten the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poor. Climate change is exacerbating the severity and impact of disasters by contributing to more destructive…
What have we learned about job creation in crop agriculture?
This blog is part of a two-part series based on the results of a Learning Engagement focused on ways to increase the contribution of World Bank crop agriculture and fisheries projects to job creation and economic…
Towards greener travel for the holidays and beyond
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) recently published an Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) exploring the key challenges and opportunities in the World Bank’s support for decarbonizing transport. The EIN is a new product…
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…