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Brazil - Northeast Microfinance Development Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report assesses the Brazil Northeast Microfinance Development Project (2000 to 2007). The review was undertaken (i) to reevaluate the project supported by IBRD-funding in light of…
Bangladesh - Second Primary Education Development Project
This Project Performance Assessment Report assesses the impact of the World Bank's contribution to the Second Primary Education Sector Program (PEDP II) in Bangladesh (2004 to 2011). PDEP II was one of the largest…
Beyond Good Intentions: Designing an Evidence-based Approach to Aid
Is development aid actually benefitting those people it’s designed to help? An evaluation of the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency contains valuable lessons.
Jamaica - Country partnership strategy progress report for the period of FY 2010-2013 : IEG CPSCR review
This review examines the implementation of the FY2010-FY2013 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and FY2010-FY2013 CPS Progress Report (CPSPR), and assesses the CPS Completion Report (CPSCR). The CPS was jointly…
Nigeria - Country partnership strategy progress report for FY2010-FY2013 : IEG CPSCR review
The review examines the implementation of the FY2010-FY2013 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of FY2010 and the CPS Progress Report (CPSPR) of FY2012. The strategy was jointly designed and implemented by IDA, the…
Wanted: A Simple Measure of Success in a Complex World
Speaking at the World Bank, Ben Ramalingam, author of Aid on the Edge of Chaos set out a challenge to those working in the humanitarian and development fields: Move away from a narrow focus on what we think is important…
World Bank Support to Early Childhood Development
This evaluation will examine World Bank support to client countries by analyzing ECD-related operations and knowledge services covering the period since fiscal year 2000. Since private sector engagement in ECD is…
The Big Business of Small Enterprise
The World Bank Group commits an average of $3 billion a year to directly supporting small and medium-size enterprises. There are many successes, but as a recent IEG evaluation reported, more could be done to measure…
The Big Business of Small Enterprises: Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small and Medium-Size Enterprise, 2006-12
The World Bank Group promotes small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth through both systemic and targeted interventions. A critical challenge is to root the many activities now undertaken in this broad space in a…
The Big Business of Small Enterprises
An in-depth assessment of the World Bank Group’s targeted support for small and medium-size
enterprises (SMEs).