Biodiversity for a Livable Planet: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support for Biodiversity (FY15–24) (Approach Paper)
Biodiversity underpins the provision of critical ecosystem services, but it is being lost at an unprecedented rate and scale. Biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal life in habitats or ecosystems. Biodiversity…
Ghana Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of World Bank Group support to Ghana in achieving its development objectives between fiscal years (FY)13 and FY23. The evaluation period spans two Bank…
Early-Stage Evaluation of the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) (Approach Paper)
The multiphase programmatic approach (MPA) is a way of structuring a long, large, or complex engagement—typically over 8–10 years—either as a set of smaller linked operations or phases using investment project financing…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) 2024 (Concept Note)
The Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) report is the annual review of the Bank Group’s operational and country effectiveness that draws on evidence from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). RAP…
Learning in World Bank Lending (Approach Paper)
The World Bank has a comparative advantage in development knowledge. External assessments, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluations, and client surveys done by the World Bank and others consistently show that…
Nepal Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of the World Bank Group’s support to Nepal in achieving its development objectives between 2014 and 2023. The evaluation will focus on the Bank Group’s…
Ethiopia Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
The objective of this Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is to assess how well the World Bank Group supported Ethiopia in addressing key challenges that constrained its development and how that support adapted over time…
An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement for Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years (Approach Paper)
This Approach Paper proposes an independent evaluation of the results achieved by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in supporting countries (understood as governments, private sector, civil…
Adaptive Social Protection for Effective Crisis Response: Independent Evaluation Group Evaluation of the World Bank’s Contribution (Approach Paper)
Interconnected and often devastating covariate shocks are a threat to human development. Covariate shocks are shocks that affect large numbers of people or communities at once and can be natural, economic, or political…
International Finance Corporation Platforms Approach: Addressing Development Challenges at Scale (Approach Paper)
Recurring development challenges and new compounding crises affecting client countries and firms constrain the ambition of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to contribute to attainment of the Sustainable…