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Crisis Proofing the Bank Group?
Over the past years, IEG evaluated the Bank Group's responses to various crises: the 2008 global economic crisis and the food crisis response to name just two. In these evaluations we used a traditional approach of…
Getting Closer to Being the Solutions Bank Group – Lessons from Independent Evaluation
"We look towards you to lead the way for a new approach to development."
With these words Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, expressed the sentiment in the room as the Development Committee…
Acting as one World Bank Group - Really? The IEG Experience
One of the pillars of the World Bank Group strategy is working as a “Group” to achieve transformational impact. IEG has learned quite a bit through its own intense integration process which started about five years ago…
Mali - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) review for the period FY2004-06 : IEG review
The Mali Country Assistance Strategy
Completion Report (CASCR) was guided by three themes: (a)
growth, through support for transport, energy, the private
and financial sectors,…
Ethiopia - Protection of Basic Services Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) reviews the experience of the Bank in supporting Basic Services Provision in Ethiopia through the Protection of Basic Services (PBS) project, approved in May 2006 and…
Evaluation of the World Bank Group's Support for Electricity Access
IEG is conducting an evaluation of World Bank Group (WBG) effectiveness in support of client countries' efforts to improve access to electricity that is adequate, affordable, and meets quality and reliability standards…
Making Innovation and Entrepreneurship Work for the Poor
Political Economist Joseph Schumpeter proclaimed, “carrying out innovations is the only function which is fundamental in history”. Growth in any economy comes from three sources: increases of inputs of production,…
Poland - First, Second, and Third Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project
The Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) reviews the Poland Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects I through III in support of rehabilitation of Poland's national road network and strengthening of its road…
Brazil Country Program Evaluation, FY04-11
During the first decade of the 2000s, Brazil made important achievements in shared prosperity: it achieved fiscal sustainability and economic growth while at the same time reducing poverty and income inequality. Brazil…
Getting to Poverty: Lessons from the World Bank's Record on Supporting Poverty Reduction in Country Programs
The evaluation addresses the extent to which World Bank Group support is geared to the challenges of, and opportunities for, poverty reduction. It will explore the process by which the Bank focused its programs on…