Evaluation for Policy-making: Are We There Yet?
Done well, evaluation can and should be a tool for informing policy as one of the core pillars of the evidence-based policy-making agenda.
Conversations: Evaluating Gender Impacts- How Can We Do Better?
In this Conversations post, we interview Caren Grown, Senior Director, Gender at the World Bank Group, about how evaluation can contribute to strengthening the Bank Group’s work on gender.
Meet the Evaluator: Bekele Shiferaw discusses the nexus between natural resources and human development
As IEG marked World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought earlier this month, we spoke with Bekele Ambaye Shiferaw, who spent much of his long career focused on environmental degradation and how to stop it. Along…
Bangladesh Country Assistance Evaluation
This Country Assistance Evaluation assesses the outcomes of World Bank programs in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2008. Bangladesh is among the Bank's largest IDA-eligible borrowers; despite the political economy challenges,…
INFOGRAPHIC - A Look at the World Bank Group's Self-Evaluation System
The World Bank Group began using self-evaluation to measure the outcomes of its investments 40 years ago. The systems cover most operational activities. This evaluation seeks to assess how well the Bank Group’s self-…
Capacidad de evaluación: ¿Quién la necesita?
¿Quién necesita capacidad de evaluación? Años atrás, la respuesta a esta pregunta habría sido “la comunidad de donantes”. Pero esta situación varió drásticamente en los dos últimos años. Muchos otros países están…
Independent versus self-evaluation - is there a place for both?
Why spend money on self- and independent evaluation? Couldn't we improve the value-for-money equation by saving on one or both of them?
Bulgaria Country Assistance Evaluation
This evaluation provides an independent assessment of the role of World Bank assistance to the Republic of Bulgaria during 1991â2000. It covers activities that comprise 93 percent of total lending in this period. The…
Capacity Building in Africa: An OED Evaluation of World Bank Support
African countries need to improve the performance of their public sectors if they are going to achieve their goals of growth, poverty reduction, and the provision of better services for their citizens. Between 1995 and…
Ghana Country Assistance Evaluation
The report evaluates the World Bank's assistance program in Ghana.