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An Evaluation of IFC’s Investment Climate Activities
The quality of a country's investment climate is determined by the risks and transaction costs of investing in and operating a business, which in turn are determined by the legal and regulatory framework, barriers to…
Evaluation of World Bank Support to Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS) An Approach Paper
Recent research has stressed the importance of strong policy environments, institutions, and governance for aid effectiveness.. "Assessing Aid: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why," David Dollar and Lant Pritchett, OUP,…
Addressing the Challenges of Globalization: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank's Approach to Global Programs
"Addressing the Challenges of Globalization,â finds that although Bank Management has adopted a number of organizational and procedural changes to improve the management of global programs since OED's first phase…
Global Programs: Addressing the Challenges of Globalization (Reach)
As a partner in global programs, the Bank is exploiting its comparative advantage more at the global level (convening power and global reach) than at the country level (operational knowledge and multisectoral analytical…
Public and Private Financing of Transport: An OED Review of World Bank Assistance (Approach Paper)
Given the complexity, diversity and size o f the transport sector two factors predominated in selecting an appropriate focus for this review. First, the Bank has declared its intent to encourage competition in those…
Synthesis Evaluation of Four IFC-Supported Small and Medium Enterprise Facilities - Africa Project Development Facility, African Management Services Company, Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, Southeast Europe Enterprise Development
This is a synthesis evaluation of four IFC-supported small and medium enterprise (SME) facilities âAfrican Project Development Facility (APDF), African Management Services Company (AMSCO), Mekong Private Sector…
Influential Evaluations: Detailed Case Studies
This volume is intended to illustrate the potential benefits from evaluation. It presents eight case studies where evaluations were highly cost-effective and of considerable practical utility to the intended users. The…
Sao Tome and Principe - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) review for the period FY2001-05 : OED review
The country assistance strategy
completion report (CASCR) provides an internally consistent
evaluation of the Bank's assistance in Sao Tome and
Principe during the period FY2001-05.…
Philippines - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) for the period FY2003-FY2005 : OED review
This OED review of the FY03-05 CAS
program and the CAS Completion Report (CASCR) finds that
there was acceptable progress towards attaining the main
objectives of the CAS program-…
Tunisia - Economic Competitiveness Adjustment Loan, Second Economic Competitiveness Adjustment Loan and Third Economic Competitiveness Adjustment Loan Projects
Project ratings for all three projects--the Economic Competitiveness Adjustment Loan (Loan No. 4096), the Second Economic Competitiveness Adjustment Loan (Loan No. 4461), and the Third Economic Competitiveness…