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An IEG study looks at what interventions work best to reduce the number of deaths among mothers, newborns and children under 5 years of age.

The FY12-15 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) was prepared nearly two decades following Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BH's) declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Although peace had finally taken root and the…

Honduras is a lower middle-income country facing significant challenges, with more than two thirds of the population living in poverty and five out of ten suffering from extreme poverty (2012). In rural areas, 6 out of…

This CLR covers several years of political stability, followed by revolution and a subsequent new regime that was overthrown by armed forces. Against this background, the World Bank Group program underwent two distinct…

Watch a short video summary of the findings of IEG's recent evaluation: Financial Inclusion - A Foothold on the Ladder toward Prosperity?

Assisting the development of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) is essential to the World Bank Group's twin goals of poverty alleviation and shared prosperity. The non-farm economy is a crucial pathway out of poverty…

This review covers both Mali's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS, FY08-FY11) and Interim Strategy Note (ISN, FY14-FY15). IEG rates the achievement of combined results under the CAS and the ISN as unsatisfactory. The CAS…

This year has seen three important global summits that will shape the development agenda leading up to 2030. 

Now that the International Year of Evaluation (EvalYear) is drawing to a close, what's next?

Almost 1.1 billion people in the world still have no access to electricity. See what the Independent Evaluation Group recommends the World Bank Group do to support the global electricity access challenge.