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Pension Reform: How to Strengthen World Bank Assistance (REACH)
The Bank has been a leader in pension reform, providing extensive financial and technical support to many countries. The Bank's strategy supports a flexible, multi-pillar framework, under appropriate macroeconomic,…
Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems: An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
Pension systems are a critical tool in reducing poverty among the elderly. But an aging population, poor administration, early retirement, and unaffordable benefits have strained both pension balances and overall public…
Bolivia - Private Enterprise Development, Capitalization Program Adjustment Credit, Financial Markets and Pension Reform Technical Assistance, and Second Public Financial Management Operation Projects
Four lessons of general application are drawn from this review: 1) The political and social environments are fundamental factors behind the outcome of reforms. In the case of Capitalization, opposition to reform was…
Institucionalización de los sistemas de seguimiento y evaluación para mejorar la gestión del sector público
Un número creciente de paÃÂses está adoptando una orientación basada en los resultados. Con ese fin, están creando o reforzando sistemas de seguimiento y evaluación (SyE). En este documento se
presenta…
Institutionalization of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems to Improve Public Sector Management
A growing number of countries are pursuing a results orientation by
building or strengthening their government monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. This paper provides an overview of the increasingly rich
body…
Thailand - Finance Companies Restructuring Loan, Economic and Financial Adjustment Loan, and, Second Economic and Financial Adjustment Loan Projects
The main findings from the review of these loans suggest: given that the significant cost of cleansing financial crises can offset progress made over the years in poverty alleviation, and other social improvements, the…
Lesotho - Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project
The outcome of the project is rated moderately satisfactory. Although there was progress with enhancing the condition of the overall network, improving access to several remote communities, and the development of…
The World Bank's Support to Middle Income Countries: An Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) Review (Approach Paper)
This is an approach paper for the IEG's evaluation of the World Bank's Support to Middle Income Countries (MICs). The evaluation will focus on the development effectiveness of the World Bank's engagement in MICs and…
Independent Evaluation Group - MIGA 2006 Annual Report (Approach Paper)
This is an approach paper for the MIGA 2006 Annual Report, that will track the main themes of the previous reports arising from the evaluation findings on the development effectiveness of MIGA guarantees and technical…
Uruguay - Vocational Training and Technological Development Project, and the First and Second Basic Education Quality Improvement Projects
All three projects largely met their targets, and their outcomes are rated satisfactory. The MECAEP I and II projects succeeded in increasing equity through improved participation of the most disadvantaged students in…