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Burkina Faso - First, Second, Third and Fourth Growth and Competitiveness Credits Projects
This Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) evaluates the Growth and Competitiveness Credit Development Policy Financing series (I–IV) implemented in
Burkina Faso between 2012 and 2015. The total cost of the four…
IEG's 2018 Client Survey Results: How Did We Measure Up?
An overview of the results of IEG's annual client survey.
Serbia - Consolidated Collection and Pension Administration Reform, and Delivery of Improved Local Services Projects
Following the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia and a series of regional wars, the Federation of the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro rejoined the World Bank in 2001. Serbia experienced solid growth during 2000–…
Colombia - Peace and Development Project
Colombia has experienced internal armed conflict for the last 50 years. The conflict has been waged primarily in rural areas and over control of territory, particularly in regions characterized by weak institutions and…
Benin - Completion and learning review for the period FY13-FY18 : IEG review
This review of the World Bank Group’s Completion and Learning Report (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) (FY13-17) and the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) which extended the CPS…
Turkey - Istanbul seismic risk mitigation and emergency preparedness project
Turkey faces high vulnerability to earthquakes, with Istanbul posing the most serious risk due its high seismic risk and its role as the population and economic center of Turkey. A major earthquake near Istanbul in…
Turkey - Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project
This version of the PPAR report has been translated to Turkish.
Turkey faces high vulnerability to earthquakes, with Istanbul posing the most serious risk due its high seismic risk and its role as the population and…
Burkina Faso - Completion and learning review for the period of FY13-FY16 : IEG review
Burkina Faso is a low-income country with a GNI per capita of $620 in 2016. During 2013-2016, annual GDP growth averaged 5.0 percent, but annual GDP per capita growth was only 1.9 percent due to high population growth.…
Role in Global Issues: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank Group Convening Power (Approach Paper)
Recent World Bank Group (WBG) strategy documents, including the Forward Look, reiterated the importance of the WBG’s leadership role in dealing with global challenges and positioned the organization’s ability to work at…
Bolivia - reducing maternal and infant mortality : a multi-project evaluation of 16 years of World Bank support to the health sector
Bolivia’s poor maternal and child health outcomes were of great concern in the 1990s. Infant and child mortality rates were 67 and 92 per 1,000 live births in 1998, and maternal mortality was 390 per 100,000 live births…