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Engaging with Fragile States: An IEG Review of World Bank Support to Low-Income Countries Under Stress
According to a new report from the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), fragile states pose some of the toughest development challenges. Concern is growing about the ability of these countries to reach the…
The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development: Brazil Country Study
This is a country case study on Brazil undertaken as an input to an Independent Evaluation Group study of the World Bank's support for community-based development (CBD) and community-driven development (CDD) efforts.…
Sourcebook for Evaluating Global and Regional Partnership Programs
This Sourcebook has been prepared by the IEG under the auspices of OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation. It provides indicative principles and standards aimed to improve the independence and quality of program-…
2006 Annual Report on Operations Evaluation (AROE)
The Annual Report on Operations Evaluation (AROE) assesses the progress, status, and prospects for monitoring and evaluating the development effectiveness of World Bank activities. The 2006 AROE asks the question to…
Mali, Mauritania & Senegal Regional Hydropower Development Project
The outcome of the Mali, Mauritania & Senegal Regional Hydropower Development Project is rated satisfactory. As a result of achieving its physical and its core development objectives, albeit with considerable delays…
Madagascar: Country Assistance Evaluation
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) reviews the Bank's assistance strategy for Madagascar for the period 1995-2005 (FY94-06). It looks at the relevance, efficacy, efficiency, and impact of Bank's assistance to…
Rural Electrification and Poverty Reduction: An Impact Evaluation (Approach Paper)
This evaluation will be a meta-impact analysis, drawing on evidence from a number of sources. This evidence will combine new analysis of new data for one country (Lao PDR) and re-analysis of existing data for 10 others…
Cambodia Country Assistance Evaluation
This is an approach paper for the evaluation of the World Bank's Assistance to Cambodia. The evaluation will review Bank's assistance from July 1, 1998 to December 31,2006 and will include reviews of project and program…
Peru - Country Partnership Strategy - CAS completion report : IEG review
The country assistance strategy for
Peru was prepared when there was still uncertainty about the
new government~^!!^s policy direction. However, one year
into the CAS period, the Bank…
Seven Findings for the Nexus of Infrastructure, Agriculture, and the Environment
Development thinking has come in waves, with emphasis shifting from infrastructure to agriculture, to the macroeconomy and to human development. Interest in infrastructure and agriculture now has been renewed at the…