Video: Urban Transport Matters
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Today, many cities and urban centers are already facing daunting transportation challenges characterized by long commutes, oppressive smog, and frequent gridlock. Efficient urban transport systems are critical to improving the livability of cities and to driving economic growth.
Find out what IEG has learned evaluating the World Bank's support for urban transport, including urban roads, buses, Show MoreToday, many cities and urban centers are already facing daunting transportation challenges characterized by long commutes, oppressive smog, and frequent gridlock. Efficient urban transport systems are critical to improving the livability of cities and to driving economic growth.
Find out what IEG has learned evaluating the World Bank's support for urban transport, including urban roads, buses, bus rapid transit, metro, and advisory services and analytics.
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Infographic: The Shape of Successful National Data Systems in the Future
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Data and evidence are the foundation of development policy and effective program implementation, and countries need data to formulate policy and evaluate progress.
The IEG Evaluation Data for Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support for Data and Statistical Capacity assesses how effectively the World Bank has supported development data production, sharing, and use, and suggests ways Show MoreData and evidence are the foundation of development policy and effective program implementation, and countries need data to formulate policy and evaluate progress.
The IEG Evaluation Data for Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support for Data and Statistical Capacity assesses how effectively the World Bank has supported development data production, sharing, and use, and suggests ways to improve its approach. To guide its inquiry, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) developed a list of ingredients for successful national data systems of the future, included in the infographic below.
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Infographic: Pollution - the Challenge and the Path Forward
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Excerpts from IEG's evaluation Toward a Clean World for All: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Pollution Management.
Excerpts from IEG's evaluation Toward a Clean World for All: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Pollution Management.
Video: Time to Prioritize Pollution?
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A new report released by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group calls on countries to direct more resources towards addressing pollution. The report, Toward a Clean World for All – An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Pollution Management, finds that in spite of its significant investment, the World Bank Group needs to more to help its client countries to adequately Show MoreA new report released by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group calls on countries to direct more resources towards addressing pollution. The report, Toward a Clean World for All – An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Pollution Management, finds that in spite of its significant investment, the World Bank Group needs to more to help its client countries to adequately prioritize action against pollution.
IEG found that support from the World Bank Group and other development partners has not kept pace with increasing pollution levels. A recent report in The Lancet found that pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death, killing nine million people every year -- three times more deaths than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
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Infographic: Growing the Rural Non-farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
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This infographic is based on the findings of IEG's evaluation Growing the Rural Non-farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
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This infographic is based on the findings of IEG's evaluation Growing the Rural Non-farm Economy to Alleviate Poverty
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Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality
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Since 1990, maternal and childhood deaths have fallen by 47 percent globally. There are a lot of great ideas on how to reduce maternal and childhood mortality. Some of them have been effective, many have not been. Dr. Jeff Tanner, an economist at the World Bank Group shares the findings of a study that reviewed what interventions work.
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VIDEO: Assessment of Transformational Engagements
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Video - Transformational engagements are a critical pillar of the World Bank Group’s strategy for achieving its twin goals of extreme poverty elimination and shared prosperity.Video - Transformational engagements are a critical pillar of the World Bank Group’s strategy for achieving its twin goals of extreme poverty elimination and shared prosperity.
Five Tips to make your evaluation more influential
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Read #WhatWorks blog: What Comes After the Evaluation is Completed?
Read #WhatWorks blog: What Comes After the Evaluation is Completed?
4 Key Insights from the 2015 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group
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Download the 2015 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group Report
Evaluations Principles and Standards
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IEG's Phase 2 Report of the Bank’s involvement in global programs recommended, among other things, that IEG should include global programs in its standard evaluation and reporting processes to the Board.IEG's Phase 2 Report of the Bank’s involvement in global programs recommended, among other things, that IEG should include global programs in its standard evaluation and reporting processes to the Board.