Solomon Islands : Rural Development Program
The Solomon Islands Rural Development Program (Phase I) was the Bank’s first major intervention in Solomon Islands following the Tensions of 1998-2003. The project envisaged making the government more visible in rural…
Mauritania - Private Sector Development, Private Sector Development and Capacity Building, Public Resource Management, and Fiscal Reform Support Credits
The objective of the Private Sector Development Credit (PSDC) and the Private Sector Development and Capacity Building Credit (PSDCBC) for Mauritania, was to accelerate private sector development (PSD) by addressing the…
Mauritania - Private Sector Development, Private Sector Development and Capacity Building, Public Resource Management, and Fiscal Reform Support Credits
The objective of the Private Sector Development Credit (PSDC) and the Private Sector Development and Capacity Building Credit (PSDCBC) for Mauritania, was to accelerate private sector development (PSD) by addressing the…
China - Second Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project; First and Second Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Project; and Second Tarim Basin Project
The ratings for the Second Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project of China were as follows: outcome was satisfactory; risk to development outcome was moderate; Bank performance was satisfactory; and Borrower…
Albania - Community Works Project, Second Community Works Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report evaluates two Community Works Projects in Albania that aimed to rehabilitate small infrastructure by working through local governments, rather than working directly with local…
Albania - School Rehabilitation and Capacity Building Project and the Education Reform Project
This document reviews the performance of two projects in Albania: The School Rehabilitation and Capacity Building Project and the Education Reform Project. Overall, these projects aimed to rehabilitate dilapidated…
Growing the Rural Non-Farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty: An IEG Evaluation of World Bank Group Support 2004-2014 (Approach Paper)
Assisting the development of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) is essential to the
World Bank Group's twin goals of poverty alleviation and shared prosperity. The non-farm
economy is a crucial pathway out of poverty…
Mozambique - Market-Led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) looks at the Mozambique Market-Led
Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Project. The project, cofinanced by the
Global Environment Facility, was aimed at…
Between Worlds: Reducing Pastoral Vulnerability
In this IEG Project Lessons series, we highlight the findings of a recently released assessment of Phase I and Phase II of the World Bank financed, and IFAD co-financed, Pastoral Community Development Program in Ethiopia
Capacity Building in the Agricultural Sector in Africa (brief)
Capacity building has risen high on the African development agenda. The Bank, with other donors, is seeking appropriate means to work with African governments to enhance their capacity to implement development programs…