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Paying for Results - Does Results-Based Lending Work?
What do we know about the effectiveness of the Program-for-Results (PforR) instrument in direct support of government programs?
Results-Based Lending Instruments: How They work
Funds are disbursed upon achievement of results and performance indicators
INFOGRAPHIC - A Look at the World Bank Group's Self-Evaluation System
The World Bank Group began using self-evaluation to measure the outcomes of its investments 40 years ago. The systems cover most operational activities. This evaluation seeks to assess how well the Bank Group’s self-…
How complicated does the (Intervention) Model have to be?
Even though simple models are incomplete and inadequate for some questions, more elaborate models are not necessarily generating more accurate predictions or explanations of reality.
We come in Peace! (from "Mars Attacks!")
To get the best development results, evaluators and project managers must see beyond the mutual distrust, and instead focus on asking the right questions
Introducing a Framework for Evaluating Service Delivery in Sector Evaluations
This paper serves three purposes. First, it defines service delivery and its key concepts and features as well as provides examples of how the World Bank Group has supported service delivery. The paper does not attempt…
Republic of Ghana : eGhana project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) reviews the World Bank’s eGhana Project, which was approved on August 1, 2006 at an original cost of XDR 26.90 million (US$40.0 million) from International Development…
Program for Results: An Early Stage Assessment of the Process and Effects of a New Lending Instrument
This evaluation assesses the early experience with the design and implementation of Program for Results (PforR) operations and identifies lessons and recommendations to strengthen this new instrument.
Why does Political Economy Analysis Matter?
Understanding who the stakeholders are, what they have to gain or lose, and how to engage them in the development process all matter in making an intervention successful.
IEG LIVE: Self-Evaluation in the World Bank Group: How to Fix It
Self-evaluation lies at the heart of the World Bank Group’s results measurement system and has been used to assess outcomes of projects for 40 years.