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Towards Urban Resilience: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Approach 2007-2017 (Approach Paper)
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today and by 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Urbanization has the potential to lift people out of poverty and increase prosperity,…
Two to Tango: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support for Fostering Regional Integration (Approach Paper)
Three overlapping forces shape economic and political systems in the contemporary world order: globalization, regionalism and nationalism. The first wave of regionalism in the 1960-1980 was primarily driven by the trade…
Iraq CLR Review FY14-17
This Completion and Learning Review for the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Iraq covers the period, FY 13-17. This is the first WBG CPS for Iraq following three Interim Strategy Notes (ISNs…
Toward a Clean World for All: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Pollution Management
IEG’s first comprehensive assessment of pollution management efforts examines the extent to which the World Bank Group has been relevant, effective, and efficient in addressing pollution concerns in client countries.
Growth for the Bottom 40 Percent: The World Bank Group’s Support for Shared Prosperity
This evaluation assesses the World Bank Group's record on implementation of the shared prosperity goal since 2013, using the official definition of the goal of fostering income growth of the bottom 40 percent. It also…
Growing the Rural Non-Farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
This evaluation assesses the World Bank Group's contribution to the creation of sustainable income generation for the poor within the rural non-farm economy and the extent to which this has led to reduced poverty.
Data for Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support for Data and Statistical Capacity
This evaluation assesses how effectively the World Bank has supported development data production, sharing, and use, and suggests ways to improve its approach.
Mobile Metropolises: Urban Transport Matters
This evaluation assesses the World Bank Group’s effectiveness in supporting countries’ efforts to achieve mobility for all (including the poor, women, and disabled persons), sustainable urban transport service delivery…
IEG Annual Report 2017: Influence through Evaluation
Fiscal year 2017 was an exciting year for IEG. In line with our long-term agenda, we delivered timely, highly relevant evaluations that speak to the current issues.
World Bank Group Engagement in Upper-Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from IEG Evaluations
This report synthesizes existing evaluative evidence on the outcomes and lessons learned from the World Bank Group’s partnership with upper-middle income countries. The report focuses mainly on IEG evaluations produced…