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Accelerating Growth through Skills and Knowledge: An Evaluation of the World Bank's Support for Higher Education (Approach Paper)
The World Bank Group's support for higher education is at a crossroads. As
developing countries have expanded basic education systems and transition into the knowledge
economy, the World Bank Group is facing increased…
Work Program and Budget (FY16) and Indicative Plan (FY17–18)
IEG's strategic directions in FY16-18 respond to significant changes that are underway in the WBG and in the broader development community. Internally, the launch of the twin goals in 2013, and the WBG Strategy and the…
Evaluation, Influence and the Wheels of Change
Patience and persistence are necessary virtues for evaluators as evidence based change usually takes time to deliver.
Professionalizing Evaluation
As the long-running debate continues in this year of evaluation, we ask if the time has come to professionalize.
Financing Development
2015 sees the start of a unique opportunity to transform development finance â letâs commit to learning from the past to realize a better future.
IEG LIVE: Why Focus on Results When No One Uses Them? Towards Useful Evaluations
A lively conversation among leaders in development about producing and using evaluations and putting countries on pathways to evidence-based decision-making. The session was hosted by the Independent Evaluation Group in…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2014
The year 2015 is pivotal in international development. As the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concludes, work continues to take forward the unfinished MDG agenda and to define and meet the more ambitious…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2014 (Volume I: Main Report)
The year 2015 is pivotal in international development. As the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concludes, work continues to take forward the unfinished MDG agenda and to define and meet the more ambitious…