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What the COVID-19 response reveals about the future of public health surveillance systems: the good, the not yet known and the absent
During the early-stage of the COVID-19 crisis the World Bank and other partners helped countries to implement or improve surveillance systems. But support cannot stop there. There is a need for increased focus on…
Ecuador: A case study in crisis response
The success of World Bank support to Ecuador during the pandemic can be attributed to several driving factors, and offers lessons for the response to future crises.
🎧 Lessons for Future Crises from the World Bank Group’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
The World Bank Group delivered a response of unprecedented scale and speed to COVID-19, aiming to address both the immediate health crisis and the economic and social consequences of the pandemic.
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Malawi: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Project (PPAR)
This report focuses on lessons learned from the International Development Association’s (IDA) support to maternal and child health and nutrition under the Malawi Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Project. At the time of project…
Lessons from Ebola for the fight against Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
The World Bank’s support for countries facing deadly Ebola outbreaks contain some pertinent lessons for the current fight against COVID-19—and responses to future disease outbreaks.
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What have we learned from the World Bank’s Support to Address Ebola Outbreaks?
What have we learned from the World Bank’s Support to Address Ebola Outbreaks?
What have we learned from support for Ebola outbreaks? Over the past five years, Ebola has seized global interest in relation to the…
Early Evaluation of the World Bank’s COVID-19 Response to Save Lives and Protect Poor and Vulnerable People (Approach Paper)
Disrupting billions of lives and livelihoods, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic jeopardizes countries’ development gains and goals on an unprecedented scale. Restoring human capital and maintaining progress on…
What helps to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations?
What helps to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations?
Find out what IEG has learned from evaluating World Bank support to reduce child undernutrition in crisis situations in the past decade. IEG has…
Covid-19 has exposed the fragilities of aging countries
An IEG report focuses on much needed areas of attention.
An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Municipal Solid Waste Management, 2010–20 (Approach Paper)
Municipal solid waste (MSW) has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges for urban areas across the world. This evaluation is the Independent Evaluation Group’s (IEG) first major study of the Bank Group’s support…