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Promoting Azerbaijan's Agricultural Productivity (1997–2010)
This is a country case study prepared as background for the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) recent review of the World Bank Group's effectiveness at promoting agricultural growth and productivity: Growth and…
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Lead to Medium-Term Impacts? Evidence from a Female School Stipend Program in Pakistan
In an effort to fill the gap in evidence on the medium- and long-term effects of conditional cash transfer (CCTs), this report evaluates one such program at public girlsâ schools in Pakistan, the Punjab Female School…
MIGA's Financial Sector Guarantees in a Strategic Context
This report aims to to inform the design and the implementation of MIGA's new Strategic Directions FY12â14 by drawing lessons from recent experience with one of MIGA's main pillars, financial sector guarantees. The…
Review of MIGA's Experience with Safeguards and Sustainability Policies (1999–2008)
This document was prepared as a background paper for IEGâs study Safeguards and Sustainability Policies in a Changing World â An Independent Evaluation of World Bank Group Experience. Its objective was to respond to…
Colombia - Country partnership strategy (CAS) completion report : IEG review
The FY08 Country Partnership Strategy
(CPS) was a joint strategy for the World Bank Group (WBG). A
CPS Progress Report (CPSPR) was prepared in 2010. This
review evaluates the CPS and…
Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Peru: A Review of the World Bank Group's Experience
Peru's major environmental challenges arise from air and water pollution, unsustainable management of natural resources, and vulnerability to natural disasters. A 2005 Bank study, estimated the cost of environmental…
Costa Rica - Country partnership strategy (CAS) completion report : IEG review
This review examines the implementation of the FY2009-2011 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) that was issued on July 28, 2008, and was meant to cover the period from August 2008 through at least December 2010. The…
Evidence and Lessons Learned from Impact Evaluations on Social Safety Nets
This report finds that the evidence on the impacts of social safety nets accumulated through impact evaluations over the last decade provides lessons for developing effective programs in the future. The World Bank has…
Access to Information Policy
This statement sets out the policy of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group on public access to evaluative material in IEGâs possession. This policy supersedes IEGâs earlier mix of three…
Evaluative Directions for the World Bank Group's Safeguardsand Sustainability Policies (Evaluation Brief)
This paper is derived from and builds on the 2010 report by IEG- Safeguards and Sustainability Policies in a Changing World: An Independent Evaluation of World Bank Group Experience The main thrust of the evaluation…