Evaluation of the World Bank Group's Support for Capital Market Development (Approach Paper)
In this evaluation, the Independent Evaluation Group will assess the World Bank Group's support for capital market development, against the backdrop of overall financial system development, and support for poverty…
Albania Country Program Evaluation
The primary goal of the evaluation is to assess the Bank Group’s development effectiveness in Albania during the period FY11-19 and to inform the design and implementation of its future activities in Albania. The…
Tajikistan: Energy Loss Reduction Project (PPAR)
This project was approved on June 30, 2005, for a cost of $30.0 million, including an International Development Association credit of $17.9 million. The project cost increased to $48 million after restructuring and…
Ghana - Statistical Development Project
Following the declaration of the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics in November 2004,
and with a growing global consensus on the need to build and broaden the statistical
capacity of developing countries, the…
Mozambique - Enterprise Development Project
The project's development objective was to broaden the base of private participation in Mozambican economic growth, through (i) increasing the competitiveness of Mozambican private firms; (ii) enhancing access to term…
Evaluating Budget Support
With increasing amounts of development finance delivered as budget support, and the prominent role this form of fast disbursing, non-earmarked support played during the global pandemic, this two-part series explores the…
Exploring the Role of Capital Markets in Financing the Sustainable Development Goals
Drawing on our new report, which examines the WBG’s role in supporting capital market development in client countries, experts will discuss potential strategies for how the World Bank Group and the broader development…
Creating Markets - Lessons from Experience in Developing Countries
What lessons from evaluation are relevant to the success of the World Bank's renewed focus on creating markets?
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…
Early-Stage Evaluation of the International Development Association's Sustainable Development Finance Policy (Approach Paper)
IEG is undertaking an early stage evaluation of Sustainable Development Finance Policy (SDFP) of the International Development Association (IDA), which came into effect on July 1, 2020. The SDFP, adopted in response to…