🎧 Measuring Results in Global Development
We are less than a decade from delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs touch on some of the most profound challenges facing humanity, such as ending poverty and reducing inequality. What…
Lessons from Evaluation: Support and Financing to the Formal Private Sector in Response to COVID-19
This note identifies core lessons for the Bank Group on addressing the impact of the crisis on business and enterprises, based on evaluative evidence from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). It particularly draws on…
Building Urban Resilience: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Experience (2007-2017)
This evaluation examines the World Bank Group’s evolving experience in building resilience in urban areas during the period 2007–17. The focus of this evaluation is the World Bank Group’s support to clients in building…
Addressing administrative data gaps in India to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) and speed recovery
The authors work with CLEAR South Asia, hosted by Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), South Asia
As the world moves to ease restrictions imposed for COVID-19, it is increasingly clear that we will need to…
Building the evidence for more effective disaster risk reduction
After a long hiatus due to the COVID crises, governments will come together in Bali this week to discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Organized by the UN…
The World Bank and global collaboration: Lessons for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) calls for an international response. But when and why does collective action work best? We studied the World Bank Group’s global collaborations to find out.
The global health…
Addressing the ‘Infodemic’ to cope with the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
In addition to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and professionals responsible for monitoring the progress of policies and evaluating their impact face a phenomenon that has particularly intensified in this…
Covid-19 has exposed the fragilities of aging countries
An IEG report focuses on much needed areas of attention.
Keeping the private sector alive during the coronavirus (COVID-19): 4 lessons from past crises
How can the World Bank Group help keep the formal private sector alive during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis? Beyond its impact on public health, efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19 are taking a…
After the Pandemic: evidence for building back better
Charting a path to recovery will require evidence on what is working, why, and for whom.