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Why spend money on self- and independent evaluation? Couldn't we improve the value-for-money equation by saving on one or both of them?

Is the World Bank engaging in countries that are the most high-risk to help our children thrive?

Should the World Bank commit to become a Learning Organization? What will it take?

This brief captures the lessons learned from evaluating the World Bank’s Tanzania Local Government Support Project (LGSP).  

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…

New Year, new beginnings, and new resolutions - but how quickly do we go back to business as usual?

This learning product will provide a synthesis of findings, good practices, and lessons from the World Bank Group's support for off-grid electrification. This synthesis will be based mainly on IEG's sector and project-…

Since 1990, maternal and childhood deaths have fallen by 47 percent globally. There are a lot of great ideas on how to reduce maternal and childhood mortality. Some of them have been effective, many have not been. Dr.…

As we come to the end of the year, I wish to thank our readers for your continued engagement with IEG and the #What Works blog.

This paper offers a critical survey of the microfinance literature of the past 10 years. It reviews studies on the effectiveness of different microfinance techniques and offers a critical assessment of the impact…