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Ecuador: A case study in crisis response
The success of World Bank support to Ecuador during the pandemic can be attributed to several driving factors, and offers lessons for the response to future crises.
Evaluation of World Bank Support for Public Sector Transparency and Accountability: Anticorruption, Justice, and External Audit Functions (Approach Paper)
Supporting client countries in building an open and accountable public sector that serves the needs of all citizens is core to economic development. Within any public sector, there are specific institutions or entities…
🎧 Learning from Development Policy Financing
Development Policy Financing (DPF) is a major instrument of multilateral development banks and has played a prominent role in the World Bank’s pandemic response. Also known as policy-based lending, DPF is a fast-…
A closer look at World Bank Development Policy Financing in fragile states
Revaluating what “good” looks like in volatile and uncertain situations to promote more informed risk-taking.
Colombia - Programmatic Productive and Sustainable Cities Development Policy Loans
This is the Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) for the programmatic Productive and Sustainable Cities Development Policy Loans (DPLs; P130972) intended to support the strengthening of the government of…
Guatemala - Enhanced Fiscal and Financial Management for Greater Opportunities DPL Series
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) evaluates a series of two development policy loans (DPLs) to Guatemala: Fiscal Space for Greater Opportunities ($200 million, P131763), and Enhanced Fiscal and Financial…
Jamaica - Economic Stabilization and Foundations for GrowthDevelopment Policy Loan (DPL)
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) reviews the Economic Stabilization and Foundations for Growth Development Policy Loan (DPL), approved on December 12, 2013.
The objectives of the operation were to…
Conversations: Creating Markets, what are the drivers of success?
An expert panel discussion about the factors underlying the success of IFC's new corporate strategy.
Poland - Public Finance, Resilience and Growth Development Policy Loans
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) evaluates four lending operations implemented in Poland from 2012 to 2016. The development objectives of the first series were to support Poland’s fiscal consolidation…
The World Bank Group’s Approach to the Mobilization of Private Capital for Development - An IEG evaluation (Approach Paper)
Transformations in the global economy and international finance have
reinforced the view that private sector and private capital are key to economic
development. Private capital is expected to play an increasingly…