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Cost-Benefit Analysis in World Bank Projects

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This IEG evaluation reveals that the percentage of World Bank projects justified by cost-benefit analysis has been declining for several decades, due to both a decline in adherence to policy and difficulty in applying cost-benefit analysis.

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