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Evaluation Insight Note: Domestic Revenue Mobilization

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Evaluation Insight Note: Domestic Revenue Mobilization
Evaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This EIN is focused on World Bank support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization, drawing insights from past evaluations to inform future operations. Evaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This EIN is focused on World Bank support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization, drawing insights from past evaluations to inform future operations.

World Bank Support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization

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World Bank Support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization: An Independent Evaluation
This evaluation assessed the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank–supported strategies and interventions to help client countries enhance domestic revenue mobilization, a crucial component for financing sustainable development. This evaluation assessed the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank–supported strategies and interventions to help client countries enhance domestic revenue mobilization, a crucial component for financing sustainable development.

The World Bank Group's Engagement in Morocco 2011-21

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This report assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s support to Morocco between fiscal years 2011 and 2021 This report assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s support to Morocco between fiscal years 2011 and 2021

🎧 Boosting Energy Efficiency to Power a Green Future

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Boosting Energy Efficiency to Power a Green Future
Boosting energy efficiency is critical for addressing climate change. The energy sector is estimated to account for more than two-thirds of total greenhouse gas emissions globally and improving energy efficiency could contribute up to 40% towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Are the World Bank and its partners fully realizing the immense potential of energy efficiency advancements Show More Boosting energy efficiency is critical for addressing climate change. The energy sector is estimated to account for more than two-thirds of total greenhouse gas emissions globally and improving energy efficiency could contribute up to 40% towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Are the World Bank and its partners fully realizing the immense potential of energy efficiency advancements? What factors are slowing down the scaling up of impactful energy efficiency interventions? In this episode, Marialisa Motta and Ramachandra Jammi join host Jeff Chelsky to unpack lessons from IEG’s evaluation on World Bank Group Support to Demand-Side Energy Efficiency. Marialisa is manager of IEG’s Finance Private Sector Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Evaluation Unit and Rama is Senior Evaluation Officer in IEG and is the lead of IEG’s energy efficiency evaluation. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Related Resources Blog: Untapped potential for decarbonization: Scaling up energy efficiency Evaluation Insight Note: Transport Decarbonization Evaluation: World Bank Group’s support for electricity supply from renewable energy resources, 2000–2017 Evaluation: World Bank Group Support to Electricity Access, FY2000-2014

Moving from numbers to facts: improving data quality in debt sustainability analyses

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The credibility of debt sustainability assessments depends on the availability and quality of data on a country’s stock of public and publicly guaranteed debt, including whether the data are timely, accurate and include all debt-producing liabilities. IEG finds that greater attention is needed to assess debt data quality in debt sustainability analyses. The credibility of debt sustainability assessments depends on the availability and quality of data on a country’s stock of public and publicly guaranteed debt, including whether the data are timely, accurate and include all debt-producing liabilities. IEG finds that greater attention is needed to assess debt data quality in debt sustainability analyses.

The Rigor of Case-Based Causal Analysis

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This paper demonstrates through a real-world example how case-based analysis can be used for conducting causal analysis in evaluations and busts myths associated with it. This paper demonstrates through a real-world example how case-based analysis can be used for conducting causal analysis in evaluations and busts myths associated with it.

The World Bank’s Role in, and Use of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework

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The evaluation draws lessons for the World Bank to strengthen its role in the preparation and use of the World Bank–International Monetary Fund Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework. It also suggests issues that could be considered in upcoming reviews of the Framework. The evaluation draws lessons for the World Bank to strengthen its role in the preparation and use of the World Bank–International Monetary Fund Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework. It also suggests issues that could be considered in upcoming reviews of the Framework.

Untapped potential for decarbonization: Scaling up energy efficiency

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Using less energy to do the same work is the single action with the biggest potential gain on decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. A new report assesses World Bank Group support for energy efficiency and the potential for scale up to meet key climate goals. Using less energy to do the same work is the single action with the biggest potential gain on decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. A new report assesses World Bank Group support for energy efficiency and the potential for scale up to meet key climate goals.

Evaluating Budget Support

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With increasing amounts of development finance delivered as budget support, and the prominent role this form of fast disbursing, non-earmarked support played during the global pandemic, this two-part series explores the challenges of evaluating the impact of budget support and recent efforts to address them. With increasing amounts of development finance delivered as budget support, and the prominent role this form of fast disbursing, non-earmarked support played during the global pandemic, this two-part series explores the challenges of evaluating the impact of budget support and recent efforts to address them.

Exploring how and why the International Finance Corporation investment projects make a unique contribution in middle-income countries

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Our new report finds that the vast majority of International Finance Corporation (IFC) investment projects in Middle-Income Countries (MICs) made a unique contribution that commercial sources of finance did not offer, known as “additionality.” Many projects, however, realize only part of the additionality anticipated. In this blog, we summarise the report’s key findings and offer three Show MoreOur new report finds that the vast majority of International Finance Corporation (IFC) investment projects in Middle-Income Countries (MICs) made a unique contribution that commercial sources of finance did not offer, known as “additionality.” Many projects, however, realize only part of the additionality anticipated. In this blog, we summarise the report’s key findings and offer three recommendations to enhance the impact of future investments.