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A Focused Assessment of the International Development Association’s Private Sector Window
The private sector is essential for creating jobs and prosperity in poor countries, but developing it is challenging, especially in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS).
World Bank Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing
This evaluation is the first stage of the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of the World Bank’s support for more, better, and more inclusive jobs through IDA financing, and it assesses the implementation of IDA-…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2023
This report, also known as the RAP, is the 2023 annual review of the World Bank Group’s development effectiveness. It examines the evolution of project-level results and performance of the World Bank Group, project…
An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement for Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years (Approach Paper)
This Approach Paper proposes an independent evaluation of the results achieved by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in supporting countries (understood as governments, private sector, civil…
Focused Assessment of the International Development Association’s Private Sector Window: An Update to the 2021 Early-Stage Assessment by the Independent Evaluation Group (Approach Paper)
Attracting private capital and developing the private sector in low-income countries are challenging. The challenges involved in mobilizing private capital and developing the private sector in many IDA countries,…
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) Work Program and Budget (FY24) and Indicative Plan (FY25-26)
Global development challenges have accelerated in recent years, as successive crises have slowed growth and increased poverty. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred the largest increase in global poverty in decades, which has…
World Bank Support for Domestic Revenue Mobilization
This evaluation assessed the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank–supported strategies and interventions to help client countries enhance domestic revenue mobilization, a crucial component for financing sustainable…
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) 2023 (Concept Note)
The Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) report is the annual review of evidence from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation and validation work on the development effectiveness of the World…
Guidance Manual for Evaluators: ICR Reviews for Development Policy Financing (DPOs)
This manual provides guidance to evaluators preparing ICRRs on ICRs for development policy finance operations. It provides guidance for, and gives examples of, how to structure ICRRs with respect to content,…
The World Bank Group’s Capital Increase Package in the Context of the Forward Look - An Independent Validation (Approach Paper)
This validation assessment fulfills the commitment in the capital increase package (CIP) of an independent assessment after five years. Building on management’s own reporting and other evidence, the validation will…