The World Bank Group Partnership with the Philippines, 2009–18
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group program in the Philippines between 2009 and 2018.
Ukraine - First and Second Programmatic Financial Sector Development Policy Loan
This Project Performance Assessment Report evaluates a programmatic series of two development policy loans (DPLs) to Ukraine of $500 million each that were provided as part of an urgent international effort to assist…
Indonesia - Community-based Settlement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project for Central and West Java and Yogyakarta Special Region
The government of Indonesia committed approximately $600 million to fund the reconstruction and rehabilitation of approximately 255,000 homes in the earthquake-affected areas. Several development partners also…
Selected Drivers of Education Quality: Pre- and In-Service Teacher Training
This evaluation examines how the World Bank has supported two types of professional development to improve teacher capacity—preservice and in-service training—and identifies how these drivers of education quality can be…
Translating the Principles of the Global Compact on Refugees into Concrete Actions
Four lessons, based on evidence from evaluation, can inform future efforts to support countries hosting refugees and internally displaced persons.
India - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State Community-Based Tank Management Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report assesses the development effectiveness of India’s Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State Community-Based Tank Management Project, which was approved in 2007 and closed in 2016. The…
Philippines - Completion and Learning Review : IEG Review
The Philippine economy has been growing rapidly over the past decade. However, performance on poverty reduction, inequality and human development has been persistently low. The country is also a natural disaster hotspot…
Kazakhstan - Completion and Learning Review : IEG Review
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a land-locked upper middle-income country with a nominal GNI per capita of $7960 in 2017. The country depends on oil, with production and exports of hydrocarbon accounting for 21 percent of…
IFC’s Blended Finance Operations: Findings from a cluster of Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs)
This evaluation provides lessons that could inform IFC’s approach to the deployment of the blended finance instrument.