Using Evaluation to Enhance the Performance of Development Partnerships
What do we know about the performance of partnership programs, and how can evaluation enhance their effectiveness?
The Kaleidoscope Effect
By offering a new perspective, evaluation can provide insights that might otherwise have been missed.
China - Second Tianjin Urban Development and Environment Project and Chongqing Small Cities Infrastructure Improvement Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report assesses two urban development projects in China, the Second Tianjin Urban Development and Environment Project (2003 to 2012) and the Chongqing Small Cities Infrastructure…
Evaluation Supports the Work of Parliamentarians
Producing evidence from the past to inform future actions serves to heighten the level and quality of public debate.
Colombia - First Phase of the Productive Partnerships Support Project
The objective of the project - the relevance of which is rated Substantial by this assessment -- was to generate income, create employment and promote social cohesion of poor rural communities in an economic and…
Managing Urban Spatial Growth: An evaluation of World Bank support to land administration, planning and development (Approach Paper)
Managing urban spatial growth matters to reduce poverty and promote shared
prosperity. As cities sprawl they become more unequal and inefficient. Land markets enable urban development through private investments in…
Bangladesh - Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development; and Power Sector Development Technical Assistance Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report evaluates the Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development (RERED) Project (fiscal years 2002 to 2013), the Power Sector Development Technical Assistance…
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…
How Does Knowledge on Public Expenditures Integrate with the Design of Development Policy Operations?
Integration of knowledge with lending is an enduring theme in World Bank strategies at the corporate and country levels. The Bank lending instruments could be more relevant and produce better results if they…
f4d-Public-Private Partnerships Summary
This is a short summary of an IEG evaluation containing evidence that can inform the realization of the Financing for Development agenda and the World Bank Group's engagement therein.