New Collaboration to Address Global Gaps in Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity
For information, contact William Stebbins
email: wstebbins@worldbank.org | tel: +1 (202) 458-7883
New York City, NY, January 13, 2020 – The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) and the…
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