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Colombia - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-16 : IEG review
Colombia is an upper middle income country whose poverty fell significantly over the past five
years although it remained at 28.5 percent in 2014, with extreme poverty of 8.4 percent, in a context
of strong growth.…
Bangladesh - Completion and learning review for the period FY2011-15 : IEG review
Bangladesh has had a difficult political history. The country is densely populated and subject
to frequent natural disasters. Nevertheless, from a very inauspicious beginning it has made
remarkable progress in poverty…
Facing off: Accountability and Learning - the Next Big Dichotomy in Evaluation?
Are we heading into a big split in the evaluation profession?
VIDEO: World Bank Group's support for Early Childhood Development
Early development plays a major role in a childâs school performance, health, and socialization and future earnings. IEGâs evaluation of the World Bank Groupâs support for early childhood development examines the…
Policy lending for Climate Change – Lessons from Indonesia
This brief captures the lessons learned from evaluating the World Bank’s Indonesia Climate Change Development Policy Loan (CCDPL).
Is Budget Support an Endangered Species? Why giving cash directly to developing countries may (still) be a good idea.
A number of recent studies by IEG and the European Commission provide evidence of the positive impacts of general budget support, as well as insights into why in some country cases it has failed.
Learning Product on Financial Sustainability of the Electricity Sector in Developing Countries – Lessons from World Bank Interventions: FY2000-2016 (Concept Note)
About 1.1 billion people around the world, mostly poor, lack access to electricity, holding them back from the potential for human development and quality of life that can result from such connectivity. In Sub-Saharan…
Learning Product on Environmental Policy Lending (Concept Note)
Environmental policy is a crucial driver of environmental outcomes and in terms development and poverty outcomes, as policy environments affect incentives and shift behavior by public and private sector agents. As noted…
Learning Product on Lessons from Joint WBG Projects (Concept Note)
The World Bank Group (WBG) Strategy (WBG, October 2013) outlines how the World Bank Group will work in partnership to help countries end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Working as…
Malawi - Financial Management, Transparency, and Accountability Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report evaluates the Financial Management,
Transparency, and Accountability Project to Malawi, which was approved by the Board on
March 6, 2003, for US$27.4 million with a closing…