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Evaluating the Knowledge Bank: Four Takeaways on how the World Bank Learns in Lending

How the World Bank Group can aim for transformative change in the lives of women and girls

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Making procurement work: three lessons from the World Bank’s procurement reform

Process Tracing Method in Program Evaluation

The World Bank Group in Somalia - Fiscal Years 2013–23: Country Program Evaluation

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Learning in World Bank Lending - An independent evaluation

🎧 Lessons on creating more and better jobs in low-income countries 

🎧 Lessons on improving learning outcomes in basic education

🎧 From Geo-pixels to Evaluation Insights

Process Tracing Method in Program Evaluation

Leveraging Imagery Data in Evaluations

Machine Learning in Evaluative Synthesis

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The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluates the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group. Our work provides evaluative evidence to help the World Bank Group deliver better services and results to its clients. We do so by generating lessons from past experience and accountability to shareholders and stakeholders at large. IEG is independent of the Management of the World Bank Group and reports directly to the Executive Board.

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Data and Ratings

View ratings data on World Bank lending projects have closed in the past 12 Fiscal Years (FY) and for which IEG received Implementation Completion and Results Reports (ICRs). Some ratings are on a six-point scale and some are on a four-point scale. The percentage at the top of each bar is the percent of all projects rated (by number) that are in the top half of the scale for that rating.