The World Bank’s Early Support to Addressing COVID-19
The first of two reports focused on the early response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), this evaluation assesses how well the World Bank responded to the immediate health threat and how well it focused on protecting…
Tanzania Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Tanzania assesses the World Bank Group’s effectiveness and relevance in its work to help Tanzania address its key development challenges. The CPE will encompass two Bank Group…
Ecuador Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Ecuador seeks to assess the performance of the World Bank Group in helping Ecuador address its main development challenges. The objective of this CPE is to assess how the Bank…
Building the evidence for more effective disaster risk reduction
After a long hiatus due to the COVID crises, governments will come together in Bali this week to discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Organized by the UN…
World Bank Group Engagement with Morocco 2011–21 (Approach Paper)
This Country Program Evaluation aims to assess the World Bank Group’s contribution to Morocco’s development trajectory over the past decade (fiscal years 2011–21) and is timed to inform the next Country Partnership…
Reducing child undernutrition: lessons from international development
An online Nutrition for Growth side-event
Why is urban transportation key in managing urban spatial growth?
How robust transport infrastructure makes cities more resilient, equitable, and sustainable.
World Bank Support to Aging Countries
This evaluation is the first at the Independent Evaluation Group to assess the World Bank’s contribution to diagnosing client countries’ demographic issues related to population aging.
What do cities need to grow equitably, sustainably and build resilience?
Cities will be home to 2 billion new residents by 2045. Accommodating this growth will require large-scale development of land in and around urban areas. For lower‐income cities, this will be challenging since they tend…
Managing Urban Spatial Growth
This evaluation offers IEG’s first systematic assessment of the World Bank’s support to the management of urban spatial growth.