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Evaluation of Bank Group Support for Water (Approach Paper)
Water has enormous productive and destructive potential. Research undertaken during the late 1960s and early 1970s indicated that the most cost effective way to improve health was to ensure an adequate supply of clean…
The Health Benefits of Transport Projects: A Review of the World Bank Transport Sector Lending Portfolio
This paper reviews the contribution of the World Bank's transport lending portfolio to health outcomes, as background for the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) evaluation of the Bank's support for health, nutrition…
How Influential Has Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) Been? An IEG Study of World Bank Support to PSIAs (Approach Paper)
The objective of this study is to assess the influence of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIAs) on Bank operations, their influence on country policies, and their contribution to country capacity for policy…
Lao - Southern Provinces Rural Electrification Project
The overall outcome rating is moderately satisfactory, because of EdL's unsatisfactory financial performance for most of the project's duration and the technical problems. Bank performance was satisfactory, and that of…
From Population Lending to HNP Results: The Evolution of the World Bank's Strategies in Health, Nutrition and Population
This paper reviews the evolution of the World Bank's strategies in the Health,
Nutrition, and Population (HNP) sector in relation to both internal and global events, as
background for the forthcoming evaluation by the…
IFC in Ukraine: 1993 – 2006: An Independent Country Impact Review
This country review, the first one disclosed by the Independent Evaluation Group of IFC (IEG) covers IFCâs assistance to Ukraine from fiscal year (FY)1993, when Ukraine became a member of IFC, through FY2006. The…
The Health Benefits of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects: A Review of the World Bank's Lending Portfolio
This paper reviews the contribution of the World Bank's WSS lending portfolio to improving health outcomes, in general and among the poor, as background for the IEG evaluation of the Bank's support for health,…
Evaluation of World Bank Group Guarantee Instruments (Approach Paper)
The World Bank Group (WBG) uses a variety of guarantee instruments to support its development objectives. This is an approach paper for the evaluation of the WBG's experience with its range of guarantee products. The…
Kenya - Second National Agricultural Research Project
The project's overall Project Outcome is rated moderately satisfactory. The rating reflects the substantial rating for relevance and modest rating for efficacy in achieving the project development objectives. The…
Independent Evaluation Group-MIGA 2008 Annual Report (Approach Paper)
IEG-MIGA Annual Report will provide feedback on the relevance and effectiveness of key aspects of the implementation of MIGA's strategic directions during the FY05-08 period. IEG-MIGA's evaluation will seek to be…