Why #WhatWorks?

The #WhatWorks name is derived from IEG's role in supporting the The World Bank Group's twin goals: to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. To achieve these goals, the World Bank Group needs to better understand what works and why, to draw lessons and good practices from experience, deepening the evidence base to inform decision making and future action.

A new post appears in the #WhatWorks blog about once a week.

Wanted: Your Informed Opinions and Reactions

We mean it!  If something inspires you, or if you'd like to share your experience on the subject, need clarification, have a question, or want to share a resource or idea, we encourage you to submit a comment in the #WhatWorks comments section on each post.

ALL OF #WHATWORKS

Photo: Hierarchy rank and pyramid type career development ladder tiny person concept. Company organization system from low level workers to CEO and director vector illustration. Organization team structure. Credit: VectorMine / Shutterstock

The Promise and Perils of Global Indicators: Doing Business and the Reform of the Business Enabling Environment

Lorsque le financement s’arrête : la Banque mondiale, le Tchad et divers degrés d’engagement

Lorsque le financement s’arrête : la Banque mondiale, le Tchad et divers degrés d’engagement

A monument of a broken cylinder being held up by a statue with five arms. The “Saving Iraqi Culture” monument in Baghdad designed by sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. Iraq is one of top five DPF recipients in FCV settings. Credit: Rasool Ali/Shutterstock

Gros plan sur le financement à l’appui des politiques de développement dans les États fragiles

Photo: Dhaka flyover bridge. Credit: K M Asas / World Bank

Finding the right path: A decade of the World Bank Group in Bangladesh

Stacks of paper bills in unknown currency.

La viabilité de la dette des États en situation de fragilité et de conflit plombée par l’aggravation des risques et des besoins

Nous y revoilà : viabilité de la dette des pays à faible revenu 

Nous y revoilà : viabilité de la dette des pays à faible revenu 

A hand reaches into a bank that looks like the globe. Image credit shutterstock

Endeudarse con prudencia, gastar con prudencia: Apoyando la gestión de las finanzas públicas y de la deuda pública en los países de renta baja

When the financing stops: the World Bank, Chad, and shades of engagement

When the financing stops: the World Bank, Chad, and shades of engagement

Venture capital or financial support for startup and entrepreneur company, make money idea or idea pitching for fund raising concept, businessman and woman connect lightbulb with money dollar sign.

What next for additionality: promoting better understanding of its role in development

Kids raising hands to answer teacher at an elementary school lesson

6 lessons for aligning investments in K-12 private schools with the goal of quality education for all

Indigenous Fijian girl walking on flooded land in Fiji. On Feb 2016 Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was the strongest tropical cyclone in Fiji Islands in recorded history. Image credit: Shutterstock/ChameleonsEye

Building the evidence for more effective disaster risk reduction

Digital mainlands from space. Cities and countries connected by plexus light lines. Virtual continents. Creative technology, ultra wide background. Concept of transferring information. Photo credit: S.Gvozd, Freelance illustrator & motion graphics, Shutterstock

The case for energy efficiency in low-income countries: Evidence from Malawi