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Program for Results: An Early Stage Assessment of the Process and Effects of a New Lending Instrument

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This evaluation assesses the early experience with the design and implementation of Program for Results (PforR) operations and identifies lessons and recommendations to strengthen this new instrument.

Wanted: A New Approach to Assessing Learning and Results

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As we all know, Columbus crossed the Atlantic expecting to reach the East Indies but America got in the way. So, what would happen if a World Bank team were to travel back in time to evaluate his voyage, how would they rate the results and what lessons would they learn?

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