The WBG’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice provides financing, state-of-the-art analysis, and policy advice to help countries expand access to quality, affordable health care. It also prioritizes protecting people from falling into poverty or becoming poorer due to illness; and promoting investments in all sectors that form the foundation of healthy societies.
Across the globe, many governments and development actors have implemented measures to reduce the number of deaths among mothers and young children.
This evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group examines the Bank's design and implementation of projects across sectors supporting ECD interventions to inform future operations and provide inputs to the new Global Practices and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas.
By offering a new perspective, evaluation can provide insights that might otherwise have been missed.
What does that have to do with evaluation? Many of us will remember kaleidoscopes from when we were children. Maybe youâve given one to your daughter or your nephew? These simple devices allowed you to turn the world upside down while standing still. Their popularity - at least when I was young - make the point that seeing something familiar in a new way often requires changing our perspective.
