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Rural Water Projects: Lessons Learned
Investments in rural water systems can have a profound impact on the economic activity and quality of life of the poor. As the Bank has increasingly focused on the poor, it has expanded work in rural water supply. Loan…
The Gender Dimension of Bank Assistance: An Evaluation of Results
The evaluation assesses Bank assistance in twelve countries (Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Kyrgyz Republic, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Yemen and Zambia) with varying degrees of…
Bulgaria - Country Assistance Evaluation (REACH)
÷ The Bulgarian economy deteriorated through early 1997 leading to a financial crisis as a result of which output was one third lower than at the beginning of the transition. Economic growth revived and poverty was…
Chile - Country Assistance Evaluation (REACH)
Over the fifteen-year period under review Chile's economy has been one of the fastest growing in the world, and its social indicators have improved markedly. The Bank played a key supportive role to the reforms, and its…
Sharpening the Focus on Rural Poverty (REACH)
÷ The Bank's rural lending* has declined from about 30 percent of the portfolio in 1978-81 to below 10 percent today, and donor lending for agriculture is down by two -thirds since 1987-89. On a rural per capita…
Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Development - An Evaluation of the World Bank 's Performance
OED's evaluation has been timed to inform the preparation of the new Environment Strategy Paper. The evaluation is based on the synthesis of self-evaluation assessments, case studies of selected countries, background…
IDA's Partnership for Poverty Reduction An Independent Evaluation of Fiscal Years 1994-2000
The seven-year period covered by the review has been one of considerable change--in borrower countries and in the development system. IDA's undertakings, while timely and relevant, have continuously 'raised the bar' on…
2000-2001 Annual Report on Operations Evaluation
The Annual Report on Operations Evaluation (AROE) fulfills OED's statutory obligation to assess the adequacy of the Bank's operations evaluation system. Following a suggestion by the Vice President & Controller,…
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - Country assistance strategy completion report (CASCR) review for the period FY2002 : OED review
The 2002 country assistance strategy
(CAS) for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
(OECS), presented a five-year strategy focused on the
reduction of income insecurity and…
Lesotho Country Assistance Evaluation
This Country Assistance Evaluation was prepared in collaboration with the African Development Bank. Lesotho's economic and social development in the 1990s and the development challenges facing the country were assessed…