Bosnia and Herzegovina - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
The FY12-15 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) was prepared nearly two decades following Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BH's) declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Although peace had finally taken root and the…
Honduras - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
Honduras is a lower middle-income country facing significant challenges, with more than two thirds of the population living in poverty and five out of ten suffering from extreme poverty (2012). In rural areas, 6 out of…
Egypt, Arab Republic of - Completion and learning review for the period FY06-FY14 : IEG review
This CLR covers several years of political stability, followed by revolution and a subsequent new regime that was overthrown by armed forces. Against this background, the World Bank Group program underwent two distinct…
Mali - Completion and learning review for the period FY2008-15 : IEG review
This review covers both Mali's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS, FY08-FY11) and Interim Strategy Note (ISN, FY14-FY15). IEG rates the achievement of combined results under the CAS and the ISN as unsatisfactory. The CAS…
Indonesia - Completion and learning review for the period FY2013-15 : IEG review
Rapid growth until 2012 led to a
rapid decline in poverty, with the poverty headcount ratio
reaching 11.3 percent in 2014. The fast pace of growth
slowed down since 2013 thereby…
Haiti - Completion and learning review for the period FY09-FY14 : IEG review
Haiti suffers from severe institutional weaknesses that have impaired the pace of economic development and led the World Bank Group to classify it as a fragile state as reflected in its score of 3.2 or less in the Bank'…
Cote d'Ivoire - Completion and learning review for the period FY2010-14 : IEG review
The FY10-FY13 CPS and its progress report closely followed a prolonged period of economic difficulties, internal political conflict and institutional deterioration. Consequently, the primary focus of the WBG's strategy…
Serbia - Country partnership strategy completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
By the start of the CPS period, in late 2011, Serbia had lost some of the gains in economic stability
and poverty reduction which it had achieved in the period 2000-2008. Poverty increased since 2009,
especially in…
El Salvador - Completion and learning review for the period FY2010-14 : IEG review
El Salvador's growth has lagged its peers in Central America for the past decade. The
economic context for this CPS was one of low growth with low and stable inflation. The political
background was difficult, with the…
Costa Rica - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
Costa Rica is a well-performing, environmentally friendly, upper-middle-income country that stands out among its Latin American peers for low poverty levels, shared prosperity, and steady development over the past two…