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Meet Virginia Ziulu, IEG's Data Science Trailblazer
In the medical field, an image can produce the right diagnosis and ultimately save a life. This notion, transferred to surveying the complexities of global development, captivated Virginia Ziulu.
The geospatial…
Anticipating Unintended Consequences: Preparing for Reconstruction in Ukraine
The World Bank, together with a wide range of development partners, has been providing extensive support to Ukraine, which is well into its second year of responding to the fallout from Russia’s invasion. Much of the…
Fulfilled Promises: Using GPT for Analytical Tasks
In our previous blog, we set the stage for the nine experiments we conducted to test out the promises and the perils of GPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI) for evaluation practice. In this entry, we’ll share…
Weighing the evidence on justice sector reform
In view of the complex goals and range of stakeholders involved in justice sector reform, the Independent Evaluation Group and the World Bank reviewed evidence from past support to identify lessons on what worked, what…
Ukraine: Lessons to inform the (hopefully) not too distant future
An evaluation of a decade of World Bank Group support for Ukraine has important lessons for eventual stabilization and reconstruction.
Україна: Досвід, який стане підґрунтям для прийняття рішень у (сподіваємося) недалекому майбутньому
Аналіз допомоги, яку Група Світового банку надавала Україні протягом останніх десяти років, визначає важливі уроки для подальшої стабілізації та відбудови
Finding the right path: A decade of the World Bank Group in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh continues in its efforts to transition to middle-income status, a new evaluation assesses World Bank Group support to one of the largest IDA borrowers.
When the financing stops: the World Bank, Chad, and shades of engagement
Lessons from evaluation point to the merits of continuing analytical work even when direct financial support is prohibited.
Lorsque le financement s’arrête : la Banque mondiale, le Tchad et divers degrés d’engagement
Les enseignements tirés des évaluations montrent l’intérêt de poursuivre les activités analytiques même lorsque le soutien financier direct est interdit.
Geospatial Analysis in Evaluation
Jos Vaessen, Maria Elena Pinglo, and Victor Vergara also contributed to this blog.
The availability of geospatial data can be vital to better understand development issues and to ensure development efforts are…