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A Multicomponent Irrigation Program in Peru: Evaluating the Impact on Farm Households
This impact evaluation of a World Bank-supported irrigation program in Peru finds that the program led to agricultural improvements and economic welfare gains for farmers in the rural coastal area of that country. Two…
The World Bank Group in West Bank and Gaza, 2001-2009
This evaluation assesses the outcomes of the World Bank Group program in the West Bank and Gaza from 2001 to 2009. It combines an assessment of the outcomes of the programs of the World Bank Group member institutions:…
The Matrix System at the World Bank (Approach Paper)
The World Bank's ability to deliver effective country operations and services is contingent upon responsiveness to the client and technical excellence. Both responsiveness and effective use of technical capacity depend…
World Bank Group Cooperation: Evidence and Lessons from IEG Evaluations (Evaluation Brief)
This brief is intended to bring together the evaluation evidence assembled by IEG on such cooperation. An assessment was conducted in 2008 and completed in February 2009. Although not itself an evaluation, this brief…
Bhutan - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) review for the period FY2006-09 : IEG review
The FY2006-09 Bhutan country
assistance strategy (CAS) was a joint strategy of
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
and International Finance Corporation (IFC…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2010
This review is IEG's first Bank Group-wide annual evaluation. It looks at select issues of current relevance related to development results. Regarding the World Bank, this report considers the importance of…
The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Economic Crisis
The global economic crisis that began in 2008 threatened to erase years of progress in developing countries. In response, the World Bank Group (World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment…
The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Economic Crisis (Phase I)
The global economic crisis that began in 2008 threatened to erase years of progress in developing countries. In response, the World Bank Group (World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment…
Thailand - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) for the period FY2003-FY2005 : IEG review
This review covers the World Bank
Group's (WBG) FY03-FY05 Thailand Country Assistance
Strategy (CAS) as implemented until the present, and
evaluates the CAS Completion Report (CASCR…
Climate Change and the World Bank Group: Phase II: The Challenge of Low-Carbon Development
This study reviews the World Bank's efforts in mitigating climate change, which have expanded rapidly in recent years. Seeking lessons on what works and what doesn't, the report stresses five measures that offer…