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Nigeria - Country partnership strategy progress report for FY2010-FY2013 : IEG CPSCR review

The review examines the implementation of the FY2010-FY2013 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of FY2010 and the CPS Progress Report (CPSPR) of FY2012. The strategy was jointly designed and implemented by IDA, the…
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Wanted: A Simple Measure of Success in a Complex World

Speaking at the World Bank, Ben Ramalingam, author of Aid on the Edge of Chaos set out a challenge to those working in the humanitarian and development fields: Move away from a narrow focus on what we think is important…
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World Bank Support to Early Childhood Development

This evaluation will examine World Bank support to client countries by analyzing ECD-related operations and knowledge services covering the period since fiscal year 2000. Since private sector engagement in ECD is…
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The Big Business of Small Enterprise

The World Bank Group commits an average of $3 billion a year to directly supporting small and medium-size enterprises. There are many successes, but as a recent IEG evaluation reported, more could be done to measure…
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The Big Business of Small Enterprises: Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small and Medium-Size Enterprise, 2006-12

The World Bank Group promotes small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth through both systemic and targeted interventions. A critical challenge is to root the many activities now undertaken in this broad space in a…
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The Big Business of Small Enterprises

The Big Business of Small Enterprises

An in-depth assessment of the World Bank Group’s targeted support for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).
Evaluation

What is the Value of Independent Evaluation?

Organizations like drivers can suffer from blind spots. Independent evaluation can help provide a broader view.
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Targeted Support to Small and Medium-Size Businesses (2006-2012) (French)

Le Groupe de la Banque Mondiale s'emploie à promouvoir la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises par des interventions à la fois systémiques et ciblées. L'un des défis majeurs consiste à établir, à…
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The Big Business of Small Enterprises - Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small and Medium-Size Businesses (2006-2012)

The World Bank Group promotes small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth through both systemic and targeted interventions. A critical challenge is to root the many activities now undertaken in this broad space in a…
Reports

When Rating Performance, Start with Yourself

Faced with growing demands for evidence-based decision making and measurable results, do we need to look for new ways to evaluate the evaluators?
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