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Cost-Benefit Analysis in World Bank Projects
Historically, the World Bank's reputation for rigorous analysis was built on its use of cost-benefit analysis. Such analysis served to demonstrate its commitment to measuring results and ensuring accountability. It was…
Uruguay - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) review for the period FY2005-10 : IEG review
This review examines the
implementation of the FY2005-10 Uruguay country assistance
strategy (CAS) of FY2005 and the CAS progress report (PR) of
FY2008, and evaluates the CAS…
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of - Country partnership strategy completion report (CPSCR) review for the period FY2007-10 : IEG review
The FY 2007-2010 FYR Macedonia Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) was a joint strategy of the World Bank (WB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC). This review evaluates the FY 2007 CPS, its FY 2009 CPS Progress…
Cost-Benefit Analysis in World Bank Projects
This IEG evaluation reveals that the percentage of World Bank projects justified by cost-benefit analysis has been declining for several decades, due to both a decline in adherence to policy and difficulty in applying…
Growth and Productivity in Agriculture and Agribusiness (FTB)
This is a Fast Track Brief for the Growing and Productivity in Agriculture and Agribusiness. Agricultural growth remains central to poverty reduction, particularly in the poorest countries where a large share of the…
Climate Change and The World Bank Group: The Challenge of Low Carbon Development (FTB)
This is the Fast Track Brief for the Climate Change and the World Bank Group: The Challenge of Low Carbon Development.
This evaluation reviews a broad range of WBG activity in the adoption and diffusion of emissions-…
The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Economic Crisis – Phase I (FTB)
This is a Fast Track Brief for the The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Economic Crisis - Phase I. This report presents an initial real-time evaluation of the readiness, relevance, quality-at-entry, short-term…
Have Country Assistance Strategies Capitalized on Intersectoral Linkages to Improve Health Outcomes Among the Poor?
This paper provides some preliminary understanding of the extent to which Country Assistance Strategies (CASs) approved over the past decade (1997-2006) have: (a) prioritized HNP outcomes as an objective, particularly…
Poverty Reduction Support Credits: Benin Country Study (Working Paper)
This working paper on Poverty Reduction Support Credits: Benin Country Study is one of a series of seven background country case studies, prepared for the IEG evaluation of the World Bank's support for Poverty…
Poverty Reduction Support Credits: Ghana Country Study (Working Paper)
This working paper on Poverty Reduction Support Credits: Ghana Country Study is one of a series of seven background country case studies, prepared for the IEG evaluation of the World Bank's support for Poverty Reduction…