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Evaluaciones Influyentes: evaluaciones que mejoraron el desempeño y los efectos de los programas de desarrollo (Influential Evaluations report in Spanish)
When conducted at the right time, and when they focus on key issues of concern to policy makers and managers, and when the results are presented in a user-friendly format, evaluations can provide a highly cost-effective…
Evaluations Marquantes: Des évaluations qui ont contribué à améliorer les résultats et l'impact des programmes de développement: (Influential Evaluations report in French)
When conducted at the right time, and when they focus on key issues of concern to policy makers and managers, and when the results are presented in a user-friendly format, evaluations can provide a highly cost-effective…
Lessons Learned from World Bank Experience in Post-Conflict
Reconstruction
This note was prepared as background information for for the OED Conference on "Effectiveness of Policies and Reforms" Washington D.C., October 4, 2004. It explores recent experience of the World Bank with post-conflict…
Rationale for Public Investments in Primary Education in
Developing Countries: Background Paper for the Evaluation of the World Bank's Support to Primary Education
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the rationale for public investments in primary education, especially with respect to recent international initiatives such as Education for All (EFA) and the…
Mozambique - Energy Technical Assistance and Rehabilitation, and Urban Household Energy Projects
This assessment concurs with the Implementation Completion Report (ICR) ratings of the Energy Technical Assistance and Rehabilitation Project on a satisfactory project outcome, likely sustainability, and satisfactory…
What Have We Learned? Some Preliminary Lessons from OED's Country Assistance Evaluations
This note is an excerpt from the "Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) Retrospective", which is currently under preparation. It was designed to provide background information for the Plenary Session: Country Program…
Armenia: Country Assistance Evaluation
At independence in 1991, Armenia had not yet recovered from a devastating earthquake in 1988. Then, the loss of traditional Soviet markets, severe shortages of foreign exchange, large increases in the price of imported…
OED on Middle Income Country Strategies for Development
This note was prepared as background information for the session on Middle-Income Countries: Lessons from Brazil, China and Tunisia for the OED Conference on "Effectiveness of Policies and Reforms" Washington D.C.,…
Romania: Country Assistance Evaluation (Approach Paper)
Romania is a lower middle income country with a per capita income of US$1,850 (Atlas method) in 2002 and a population of 22 million. The population has fallen over the last several years largely as a result of…
Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Assistance Evaluation
Following three years of devastating ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the donor community committed over US$5 billion for reconstruction during 1996-99. The Bank played a leading role in contributing…