Colombia - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-16 : IEG review
Colombia is an upper middle income country whose poverty fell significantly over the past five
years although it remained at 28.5 percent in 2014, with extreme poverty of 8.4 percent, in a context
of strong growth.…
Bangladesh - Completion and learning review for the period FY2011-15 : IEG review
Bangladesh has had a difficult political history. The country is densely populated and subject
to frequent natural disasters. Nevertheless, from a very inauspicious beginning it has made
remarkable progress in poverty…
Uruguay - Country partnership framework for the period FY11-15 : IEG review
Uruguay is one of the richest countries in Latin America, and the economic context for this
CPS was one of initially high growth, slowing down during the second half of the CPS period
primarily owing to weakening…
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
The FY12-15 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) was prepared nearly two decades following Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BH's) declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Although peace had finally taken root and the…
Honduras - Completion and learning review for the period FY2012-15 : IEG review
Honduras is a lower middle-income country facing significant challenges, with more than two thirds of the population living in poverty and five out of ten suffering from extreme poverty (2012). In rural areas, 6 out of…
Egypt, Arab Republic of - Completion and learning review for the period FY06-FY14 : IEG review
This CLR covers several years of political stability, followed by revolution and a subsequent new regime that was overthrown by armed forces. Against this background, the World Bank Group program underwent two distinct…
Mali - Completion and learning review for the period FY2008-15 : IEG review
This review covers both Mali's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS, FY08-FY11) and Interim Strategy Note (ISN, FY14-FY15). IEG rates the achievement of combined results under the CAS and the ISN as unsatisfactory. The CAS…
Indonesia - Completion and learning review for the period FY2013-15 : IEG review
Rapid growth until 2012 led to a
rapid decline in poverty, with the poverty headcount ratio
reaching 11.3 percent in 2014. The fast pace of growth
slowed down since 2013 thereby…
Haiti - Completion and learning review for the period FY09-FY14 : IEG review
Haiti suffers from severe institutional weaknesses that have impaired the pace of economic development and led the World Bank Group to classify it as a fragile state as reflected in its score of 3.2 or less in the Bank'…
Cote d'Ivoire - Completion and learning review for the period FY2010-14 : IEG review
The FY10-FY13 CPS and its progress report closely followed a prolonged period of economic difficulties, internal political conflict and institutional deterioration. Consequently, the primary focus of the WBG's strategy…