Displaying 871 - 880 of 5577
#WhatWorked in 2016 - An Evaluator's Take
A reflection on IEG's most-read #WhatWorks posts. Tell us what you'd like to see in 2017 in the comments below.
Zambia : Water Sector Performance Improvement Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) assesses the development
effectiveness of the Water Sector Performance Improvement Project (WSPIP) in Zambia.
The project’s original objectives were: (i) the…
Solomon Islands : Rural Development Program
The Solomon Islands Rural Development Program (Phase I) was the Bank’s first major intervention in Solomon Islands following the Tensions of 1998-2003. The project envisaged making the government more visible in rural…
Kenya : Development of the National Statistical System Project
This project was initiated in September 2003 at the request of the government of Kenya.
The government had prepared the Strategic Implementation Master Plan in data
development to counteract a progressive decline of…
What Lessons Can We Draw from the World Bank's Environmental Policy Lending Experience?
Given the increasing reliance on policy lending to drive environmental goals, it is important to understand in what contexts this type of intervention works best, and what factors to consider when designing and…
A Framework for Evaluating Behavior Change in International Development Operations
This paper on behavior change constitutes one of two methodology papers (the other being on service delivery) that establish a new lens through which to understand the World Bank’s portfolio in IEG evaluations. The…
Paying for Results - Does Results-Based Lending Work?
What do we know about the effectiveness of the Program-for-Results (PforR) instrument in direct support of government programs?
Results-Based Lending Instruments: How They work
Funds are disbursed upon achievement of results and performance indicators
INFOGRAPHIC - A Look at the World Bank Group's Self-Evaluation System
The World Bank Group began using self-evaluation to measure the outcomes of its investments 40 years ago. The systems cover most operational activities. This evaluation seeks to assess how well the Bank Group’s self-…
How complicated does the (Intervention) Model have to be?
Even though simple models are incomplete and inadequate for some questions, more elaborate models are not necessarily generating more accurate predictions or explanations of reality.