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

A stylized picture of the World Bank Headquarters building

Outcome Ratings Increase Across Entire World Bank Group

Abstract image, wave-like, with black and white and beige, with the word DEBT visible. image credit: By Adelina ART

Will the World Bank's Sustainable Development Finance Policy lower the risk of debt distress?

COP26 pledges: Can the private sector come through for climate action in emerging economies?

COP26 pledges: Can the private sector come through for climate action in emerging economies?

Jalamchagna Dolgoon, 30, and his friends rest while their cows drink from at a water pump in the countryside surrounding Khairkhandulan Photo Credit: DAWNING, Rafe H. Andrews, Raul Roman

Preserving rangelands for people and climate: Lessons from Mongolia

Landscape view of Dharavi. Heart of Mumbai and biggest slum of Asia Photo courtesy: Pra_Deep, Shutterstock

Why is urban transportation key in managing urban spatial growth?

Here we go again: Debt sustainability in low-income countries

Here we go again: Debt sustainability in low-income countries

Old and young holding hands. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Africa Studio

Adapting development in response to population aging

16 January 2019 - Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. Health workers put their gloves on before checking patients at the hospital. Photo credit: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau

Lessons from Ebola for the fight against Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

pictured above: Women draw water from a well in the drylands of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. By Yavuz Sariyildiz via Shutterstock (November 9, 2014).

Addressing groundwater depletion: Lessons from India, the world’s largest user of groundwater

Image of man holding an umbrella to shield from the sun. Adapted from shutterstock

So, you want to reduce fiscal and financial vulnerabilities to better prepare for the next crisis?

City view of Bogotá, Colombia on January 11, 2016. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank

What do cities need to grow equitably, sustainably and build resilience?

Kitabi Tea Processing Facility A worker sorts the green leaf tea before it reaches the main processing floor. The Kitabi Tea Processing Facility in Kitabi, Rwanda has a capacity of 48 000 tons of green leaf per day. The facility employs 200 people during its peak season and about 70 during the rest of the year. Photo: A'Melody Lee / World Bank

The private sector in low income and fragile countries needs more than credit