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What role should environmental considerations play in evaluation?
Environmental considerations must be implemented across all our evaluation work in a strategically selective way for maximum impact.
Reaching women and girls in fragile countries - in nine figures
Lessons from the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of World Bank Group support on promoting women’s and girls’ economic empowerment and addressing gender-based violence in FCV countries
Meet Virginia Ziulu, IEG's Data Science Trailblazer
In the medical field, an image can produce the right diagnosis and ultimately save a life. This notion, transferred to surveying the complexities of global development, captivated Virginia Ziulu.
The geospatial…
Celebrating women in evaluation
IEG is celebrating the remarkable contribution of women to the evaluation practice. Listen to some of them as they share perspectives on gender equality, how they continue to push for progress, and their message to…
Learning in World Bank Lending (Approach Paper)
The World Bank has a comparative advantage in development knowledge. External assessments, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluations, and client surveys done by the World Bank and others consistently show that…
🎧 Reaching women and girls trapped in violence and conflict
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Women and girls living in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence face multiple barriers that marginalize them from economic life and put them…
Leveraging Imagery Data in Evaluations
This paper explores the potential of imagery data in evaluations and presents various data types and methodologies demonstrating their advantages and limitations
Assessing International Development Association’s support for jobs
A new evaluation finds that the jobs strategy of the International Development Association (IDA) has had a positive effect on employment in low-income countries and offers recommendations for how its interventions could…
Addressing gender inequalities in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence
A recent evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) finds that achieving relevant, deep, impactful, and sustainable change to advance gender equality in fragile environments requires a comprehensive country…
The importance of monitoring and evaluation for World Bank project performance in eight graphs
This is the second of a series of blogs presenting some of the key findings from the 2023 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) report, the latest annual review of the World Bank Group’s development…