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Learning from the past for a brighter future: strategic priorities for evaluation
High quality evaluations that promote accountability, learning and evidence-based decisions have a vital role in today’s complex development landscape. The Independent Evaluation Group aims to increase the value and…
What can we learn from the Independent Evaluation Group’s project ratings and lessons?
This blog offers three scenarios for how data generated by the Independent Evaluation Group might be used to understand the performance of projects in a specific sector, the factors contributing to a set of highly rated…
Navigating challenges: Examining the resilience of World Bank Group projects amid the pandemic
This is the first of a series of blogs presenting some of the key findings and lessons from the 2023 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) report, the latest annual review of the World Bank Group’s…
What the COVID-19 response reveals about the future of public health surveillance systems: the good, the not yet known and the absent
During the early-stage of the COVID-19 crisis the World Bank and other partners helped countries to implement or improve surveillance systems. But support cannot stop there. There is a need for increased focus on…
Ecuador: A case study in crisis response
The success of World Bank support to Ecuador during the pandemic can be attributed to several driving factors, and offers lessons for the response to future crises.
External Review of IEG sees ‘considerable strides’ over last 7 years
A report by independent experts recognizes progress on learning dimension of evaluations, continued effectiveness during COVID-19, with recommendations for even greater impact.
Lessons for building on the World Bank’s unprecedented health and social response to COVID-19
By the time COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the World Bank Group had already committed up to $160 billion in financing in response to the outbreak and had aligned its support with the World Health…
Building the evidence for more effective disaster risk reduction
After a long hiatus due to the COVID crises, governments will come together in Bali this week to discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Organized by the UN…
Cá estamos outra vez: sustentabilidade da dívida em Países de Baixa Renda
Após obter experiência em assuntos relacionados com a sustentabilidade da dívida em meados da década de 90 (trabalhando na concepção e implementação da Iniciativa…
Here we go again: Debt sustainability in low-income countries
Having cut my teeth on issues of debt sustainability in the mid-1990s working on the design and implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC), I can’t help but have a feeling of déjà vu as…