1998 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
The ongoing financial crisis has raised questions about the underpinnings of development assistance and the role of international financial institutions. A new development assistance framework, grounded in partnership,…
Jamaica: Country Assistance Note
Jamaica has had negative per capita gross domestic product growth for much of the last quarter of a century, despite active involvement of the Bank. Three structural adjustment and five sectoral adjustment loans since…
Ghana - Second Education Sector Adjustment Credit Project
The overall outcome of the project is
rated as marginally unsatisfactory; sustainability as
uncertain; institutional development as modest; borrower
performance as unsatisfactory; and…
Ghana - Community Secondary Schools Construction Project
The project outcome is rated as
marginally satisfactory, sustainability as unlikely,
institutional development as modest, Borrower performance as
satisfactory, and Bank performance as…
Bolivia - Power Rehabilitation Project
The overall project outcome is rated
as satisfactory, borrower performance as satisfactory,
institutional development as high, sustainability as likely,
and Bank performance as…
Development Effectiveness, 1998: Opportunities in a Volatile Environment
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent rated as…
Meeting the Health Care Challenges in Zimbabwe
The world Bank has usually "done the right thing" in the Zimbabwe health sector, but has not always "done things right," according to a recent Operations Evaluation Department (OED) study. Bank policy advice and…
Filipinas: Crisis y oportunidades (Brief)
Con el firme apoyo de donantes e instituciones financieras internacionales, que incluyó cinco operaciones para fines de ajuste estructural financiadas por el Banco Mundial, los gobiernos de Aquino y Ramos han…
Apoyo a pequeñas empresas
En muchas ocasiones, el Banco prestó apoyo a pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME) para alentar el empleo de trabajadores con salarios bajos y diversificar y ampliar la base de la economÃa. Por lo general, la…