IFC in Indonesia: An Independent Country Impact Review
IEGâs Country Impact Review (CIR) evaluates IFCâs strategies and operations, and their outcome drivers in Indonesia, during fiscal year (FY) 1990-2006. The CIRâs main messages are: 1) while IFC's strategic…
Learning and Results in World Bank Operations
The purpose of this study is to promote a better understanding of how well has the World Bank learned in its lending operations, and what is the scope for improving how it generates, accesses, and uses learning and…
Ecuador - Guayaquil Urban Development and National Low Income Housing Projects
The Industrial Assistance Project in
Madagascar was implemented. The overall adjustment effort
implemented by the Malagasy Government has been impressive,
and it is generally…
Seven Findings for the Nexus of Infrastructure, Agriculture, and the Environment
Development thinking has come in waves. The emphasis has shifted from infrastructure, to agriculture, to the macro economy, to human development. There is renewed interest in infrastructure and agriculture
at the World…
IFC in Nigeria: 1998-2007: An Independent Country Impact Review
IEG's Country Impact Review examines the effectiveness of IFC's operations in Nigeria from July 1998 to December 2007. In particular, this study evaluates whether IFC 1) successfully defined a relevant and appropriate…
Agricultural Extension: The Kenya Experience
The Training and Visit (T&V) system of management was introduced in Kenya by the World Bank in 1982 as a pilot, and became effective in 1991. The two Bank Extension Projects that supported the T&V system sought…
Republic of Ghana : eGhana project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) reviews the World Bank’s eGhana Project, which was approved on August 1, 2006 at an original cost of XDR 26.90 million (US$40.0 million) from International Development…
Pakistan - Third Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Power Project
The Third Water and Power Development
Authority (WAPDA) Power Project in Pakistan was achieved.
The Bank Group might have been somewhat optimistic when it
assumed that WAPDA had…
Lessons from Past Financial Crises: IEG Evaluation Brief
This briefaddresses lessons from World Bank Group interventions in past financial crises. These lessons are relevant in helping the WBG and countries to confront the most severe global financial crisis in recent decades…