Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2003 : The Effectiveness of Bank Support for Policy Reform

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Development Policy Reform -- Policy Reform Is Difficult Business -- Are Developing Countries' Policies Improving? -- Why and How Does the Bank Support Policy Reform? -- 2 Ownership: Linking Bank Support to Policy Reform -- Is Bank Support Linked to Policy Reform? -- How Does the Bank Handle the "Tough Cases"? -- Are Partnership Approaches Working? -- 3 Country Fit: Adapting Bank Support to Country Conditions -- Do Bank Country Strategies "Fit"? -- Is the Bank Effective in Advancing Corporate Advocacy Priorities and Harnessing Global Knowledge? -- 4 Conclusions -- The Bank Has Been Reasonably Good at Aligning Its Support with Countries That Are Improving Their Policies -- The Bank's Record In Customizing Its Support for Reform to Client Needs Is Mixed -- Implications for the Future -- Appendix: Project Performance Results -- Annexes -- A: Indicators of Economic Policies -- B: Technical Notes -- C: World Bank Operational Instruments -- D: Outcomes and Bank Contributions to Country Cases Listed in Figure 2.2 -- E: Effectiveness of Bank Support for Policy Reform: An Overview from the CODE Chairperson -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Boxes -- 1.1 Indicators of Country Policies -- 1.2 Yemen Improved Its Macroeconomic Policies after Emerging from Conflict -- 1.3 Brazil's Policies Were Highly Rated, but Its Growth Was Disappointing -- 1.4 Customizing Policies to Country Contexts -- 2.1 The Bank Definition of a "Relatively Good" Policy Environment -- 2.2 Bank Support Contributed to Improved Educational Outcomes in Ghana -- 2.3 Conflicting Incentives Sometimes Make Conditionality Difficult to Enforce -- 2.4 Outcomes-Based Conditionality Shows Promise in a Pilot in Burkina Faso -- 2.5 CDF Principles Foster Country-Owned Strategies.