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Industry Competitiveness and Jobs

Industry competitiveness can be enhanced through several different approaches including economy wide, industry specific, or a mix of economy wide with industry specific. This evaluation focuses on industry specific…
Evaluation

The World Bank Group's Support to Capital Market Development

The World Bank Group’s contributions towards client countries’ capital market development comes at a strategic juncture when Bank Group commitment to help mobilize long term finance for development has grown…
Evaluation

An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Health Services (Approach Paper)

Health services (HS) are crucial for development. HS include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health. They include personal and non-…
Reports
What is (good) program theory in international development?

What is (good) program theory in international development?

There is a lack of consensus on what program theory is about in the development community.
Blog

$13 Trillion and Growing - Addressing the Cost of Fragility and Conflict

More than ever before, the development community now recognizes that conflict and violence are global issues – and not just limited to low-income countries
Blog

Senegal - Urban Mobility Improvement Project

This is the Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) by the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank Group on the Senegal Urban Mobility Improvement Project (IDA 33540, IDA 3354A). The project was the first of…
Reports

Fragility and Conflict: Addressing the Causes and Consequences

Fragile and conflict situations in low and middle income countries have become an important focus of international assistance in recent years as recognition of the linkages between fragility, conflict, violence, and…
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Violence and Conflict in Middle Income Countries

Violence and Conflict in Middle Income Countries (2016)

Today, violence or the imminent threat of violence affects development outcomes for almost 2 billion people, 37 percent of whom live in higher-middle-income countries and another 37 percent in lowermiddle- income…
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Lebanon and Jordan: The Case of the Refugee Crisis

Lebanon and Jordan: The Case of the Refugee Crisis (2016)

The influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and Lebanon has challenged both countries with “refugee shock,” according to an evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group, straining the economies of both states and posing…
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Diagnostic Framework: How to Assess the Capacity of a Government’s Financial Management Information System as a Budget Management Tool

A government’s capacity to manage its public finances is central to its ability to deliver services. Well-functioning accounting and financial management systems are among the basics that facilitate this, and…
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