This report was prepared by an Independent Evaluation Group team led by Jenny Gold (senior evaluation officer) and Elisabeth Goller (senior evaluation officer) under the guidance of Timothy Johnston (manager, Corporate and Human Development) and Theo David Thomas (director, Human Development and Economic Management) and the overall guidance of Sabine Bernabè (Director-General, Evaluation).

Santiago Ramirez Rodriguez led the procurement portfolio analysis, with the support of Viktoriia Poltoratskaia. The capacity strengthening portfolio analysis was supported by Kirstin Roster, Kirsten Ejlskov Jensen, Michael Premson, Kwabena Boasiako, Aliza Inbal, Eric Lysenko, and Youssef Saad. Case analyses were conducted by Aliza Inbal, Kirsten Jensen, Efraim Jimenez, Kyle Jordaan, Richard Migambi, Ventura Mufume, Epimaque Nsanzabaganwa, Dawn Roberts, and Youssef Saad. The survey analysis was conducted by Alexandre Hery and Deivanai Arunachalam. The country situation analysis was conducted by Kirstin Roster with guidance from governance and procurement expert Isabelle Adam. The review of measures for procurement principles was conducted by procurement expert Irina Luca.

Ariya Hagh, Dawn Roberts, Estelle Raimondo, and Santiago Alejandro Tellez Canas provided overall methods support. Gaby Loibl provided administrative support to the team. Maximillian Ashwill edited earlier versions of the report and provided content coaching, and Sharon Fisher provided design and editorial support. Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez and Galina Sotirova provided early guidance to the report.

The report was peer-reviewed by Charles Kenny (senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and former World Bank Governance staff); Dharmesh Dawda (procurement and governance specialist at the Asian Development Bank); Mihály Fazekas (professor at the Central European University, data scientist, and procurement and governance expert); and Sope Williams (professor at Stellenbosch University and deputy director of the African Procurement Law Unit). Frannie Léautier (senior partner at SouthBridge and former vice president at the World Bank and the African Development Bank) was an adviser for the evaluation. Kirsten Ejlskov Jensen (former United Nations procurement expert and procurement capacity strengthening expert) was also an adviser on aspects of procurement capacity strengthening. The advisory panel for the evaluation consisted of Folake Idowu, Kebour Ghenna, Nasser Israoui, Ieva Liaugaude, Kamogelo Mampane, and Chris Smith.

The team is grateful to all the World Bank staff and clients who generously shared documents, insights, and experiences and engaged with us throughout the evaluation.