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Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) Work Program and Budget (FY22) and Indicative Plan (FY23-24)

IEG adapted its work program to align with the rapid adjustment of the WBG’s strategic priorities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, IEG will continue to keep a line of sight to other emerging and…
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An African agronomist is using a drone to monitor a corn crop. Image source: Shutterstock/Martin Harvey

How prepared is the World Bank Group to leverage the opportunities and mitigate the risks of disruptive and transformative technologies?

Disruptive and transformative technologies (DTT) offer the welcome promise of faster progress and transforming people’s lives for the better. With the combined impacts of conflict, climate change, and the Covid-19…
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Early-Stage Evaluation of the International Development Association's Sustainable Development Finance Policy (Approach Paper)

IEG is undertaking an early stage evaluation of Sustainable Development Finance Policy (SDFP) of the International Development Association (IDA), which came into effect on July 1, 2020. The SDFP, adopted in response to…
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Mongolia - Completion and Learning Review for the Country Partnership Framework : IEG Review

This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the FY11-FY16 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and its adjustments through the FY15…
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Brazil - Rio State Fiscal Efficiency for Quality of Public Service Delivery Development Policy Loan (DPL III)

Ratings for the Rio State Development Policy Loan III are as follows: Outcome was unsatisfactory, and Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory. The assessment offers the…
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Joy Butscher

Meet the Evaluator: Joy Butscher

An early interest in learning about the factors that influence development sparked by a fascinating upbringing led IEG’s evaluation analyst, Joy Butscher, to the evaluation practice and to our team at Bank’s Independent…
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Indonesia - Completion and Learning Review for the Country Partnership Framework : IEG Review

This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the FY11-FY16 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and its adjustments through the FY15…
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Doctors congregating outside a hospital in Tirana in 2004. Despite gains made in closing gender gaps in the past decade, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities. Photo: Albes Fusha/The World Bank.

Five Ways to Continue Closing Gender Gaps: Lessons from Albania and Rwanda

With the COVID-19 pandemic aggravating inequalities, closing gender gaps has become ever more urgent. We look to recent …
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Manik, a solar pump operator for Nusra works near the solar panels in Rohertek, Bangladesh on October 12, 2016. Nusra is an NGO working to bring solar irrigation to farmers and solar home systems to families in Rohertek. Photo: © Dominic Chavez/World Bank

Building a path for the clean energy transition: Lessons from World Bank support for renewable energy

The ongoing dominance of fossil fuels in global energy production accounts for more than 60% of overall greenhouse gas emissions. The Clean Energy Transition —the pathway for decarbonizing global energy— is essential…
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Madagascar: Third Environment Program Support Project (PPAR)

The closure of the Third Environment Program Support Project (EP3) brought an end to the World Bank’s programmatic series of loans to implement the Madagascar National Environmental Action Program (NEAP). The Madagascar…
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