Heeding Hirschman in evaluation: finding out fast versus finding out slow
How evaluators can counteract potential threats to validity in the face of complexity and practical constraints.
Seriously funny: Using humor to spark deep conversations about evaluation
How humor helped IEG facilitate meaningful conversations about evaluation during a recent event.
The World Bank Group Partnership with the Philippines, 2009–18
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group program in the Philippines between 2009 and 2018.
World Bank Evaluation Principles
This document, World Bank Evaluation Principles, sets out core principles for evaluation as well as underlying principles for selecting, conducting, and using evaluations, as relevant to the World Bank’s mission, 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…
Improving urban governance: Lessons from Ethiopia
This brief captures the lessons from evaluating the World Bank’s Ethiopia Urban Local Government Development Project (ULGDP).
Haiti - Port-Au-Prince Neighborhood Housing Reconstruction
Haiti is one of the poorest countries worldwide, and it has suffered from a long history of natural disasters, compounded with high poverty, weak institutions, and political instability. A major earthquake struck Haiti…
How to maximize impact of development policy financing in a rapidly changing country context: Lessons from Burkina Faso
Successful reforms require close consideration of—and adaptation to—changing country contexts.
Zambia - Completion and Learning Review for the Period of FY13-Fy17 : IEG Review
The review of Zambia’s completion and learning review (CLR) of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) country partnership strategy (CPS) covers the period FY13-FY17. The WBG’s CPS had three focus areas: (a) reducing poverty and…
India - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State Community-Based Tank Management Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report assesses the development effectiveness of India’s Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State Community-Based Tank Management Project, which was approved in 2007 and closed in 2016. The…