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This is the approach paper for a proposed Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) for Bangladesh. The Bank is the leading donor for this country, which is a major recipient for Bank lending, policy advice, and technical…

Reducing poverty in any individual country is increasingly intertwined with making progress on shared global challenges, fostering global public goods (GPGs) such as climate protection and communicable disease control.…

Economic and sector work (ESW) and nonlending technical assistance (TA) are two of the analytical and advisory services (AAA) through which the Bank provides knowledge support to its client countries. The objectives of…

This is a Fast Track Brief for Climate Change and the World Bank Group - Phase I: An Evaluation of World Bank Win-Win Energy Policy Reforms. The first of a series on climate change, this evaluation assesses IBRD/IDA…

This review examines the implementation of the FY04-07 Indonesia country assistance strategy (CAS) and 2006 CAS progress report, which extended the CAS period until the end of FY08 to…

Developing countries have decentralized functions and responsibilities for service delivery to lower levels of government at an increasing pace in recent years. The main reasons for such reforms are often political,…

This review covers the FY04 country partnership strategy (CPS) and the FY07 CPS progress report. The FY04 CPS was a key step in establishing a framework for a closer partnership…

The Bank Group's lending and non-lending support for environmental sustainability has increased and improved over the past 15 years. But the institution needs to raise the priority it accords to this area of rising…

Strong global growth and better economic policies in recent years have substantially reduced poverty in many developing countries. However, with the recent financial crisis originated in the United States, the world…

This evaluation assesses the Bank Group's support for environmental sustainability—in both the public and private sectors—over the past 15 years. The purpose of this evaluation is threefold. First, it seeks to…