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Mali - Natural Resource Management Project
The PPAR rates the overall outcome as moderately satisfactory. Although, substantial investments in land and water conservation measures in various villages were made, and a significant amount of infrastructure (schools…
Zambia - post-privatization study
The World Bank seeks to assess the effectiveness of the privatization program which was initiated in Zambia in 1992 with significant assistance from The World Bank and other donor agencies. The authors of this paper…
Croatia - Istria Water Supply and Sewerage Project
This assessment finds that the project achieved its main objective, to eliminate water shortages in the Istria region. These shortages had become a major obstacle to the growth of the tourism industry, a mainstay of the…
Brazil - Gas Sector Development Project, Sao Paulo Natural Gas Distribution Project, and Hydrocarbon Transport and Processing Project
All three projects had outcomes that were satisfactory or better. The outcome of the Gas Sector Development Project (Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline), was highly satisfactory. Sustainability, in all cases, is likely or…
Brazil - Country assistance strategy (CAS) completion report review
This review covers Brazil~^!!^s
country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) for
the period FY2000-03. The Brazil country assistance
evaluation (CAE) examined three key…
Sharing Knowledge: Innovationsand Remaining Challenges (IEG Reach)
The Bank's commitment to a comprehensive knowledge initiative was timely and appropriate. It has sparked much innovation that has provided staff, clients, and partners with faster and easier access to Bank knowledge.…
Jordan: Country Assistance Evaluation (Reach)
Jordan's successful stabilization policies of the 1990s were accompanied by donor-supported economic reforms. Nevertheless, real per capita incomes stagnated and the poverty rate remained higher than in the late 1980s…
The CGIAR at 31: An Independent Meta-Evaluation of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Publication version)
This report on the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is part of an independent review by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank's involvement in global programs, and…
Indonesia - First and Second Policy Reform Support Loans, and Banking Reform Assistance Projects
In a country with deeply rooted and widespread governance issues, where the authorities are not committed to deep reforms, the Bank needs to have realistic expectations about the outcome of its interventions. The…