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Capturing Technology for Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies
Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can…
Poverty
The World Bank Group’s first goal, to end extreme poverty within a generation, has the specific target of decreasing the global extreme poverty rate to no more than 3 percent by 2030, since a small amount of…
Transport
Transportation plays a pivotal role in the fight against poverty. Services provided by sustained investments in roads, railways, transit systems, along with ports for trade by air and water can support…
The Gambia - Joint assistance strategy completion report (JASCR) review for the period FY2008-12 : IEG review
This review examines the implementation of the Fiscal Years (FY) 2008-2011 Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS) of The Gambia and the JAS Progress Report (JASPR) of FY 2009, and assesses the JAS Completion Report (JASCR).…
Assessing International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Poverty Focus and Results
IFC’s interventions are designed to contribute to growth, although it has been challenging for the Corporation to integrate distributional aspects in projects. Fewer than half the projects reviewed included evidence of…
World Bank Country-Level Engagement on Governance and Anticorruption
This evaluation is concerned with the relevance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group's 2007 Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) strategy and its early implementation efforts with regard to country operations. It…
Trust Fund Support for Development
This IEG evaluation assesses the value of the trust fund vehicle as a way of delivering aid and the effectiveness and efficiency of the deployment of trust fund resources. In addition, the evaluation assesses the Bank’s…
Managing Forest Resources for Sustainable Development
A decade ago, the World Bank Group shifted its approach in the forest sector by putting poverty alleviation and sustainable economic development on equal footing with conservation. It was a bold move given the risks and…
Afghanistan Country Program Evaluation, 2002–11: Evaluation of the World Bank Group Program
Despite extremely difficult security conditions, which deteriorated markedly after 2006, the World Bank Group has commendably established and sustained a large program of support to the country.
Capturing Technology for Development
Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can…