first-of-its-kind evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank's past decentralization efforts in a systematic …

of what works and what does not. Timely and appropriate adaptive management requires building a culture of continuous … improvement and problem-solving, based on evidence. Evaluation plays a key role in generating the evidence about what works in … Evaluation Group (IEG) recommended that the World Bank Group develop an "institution-wide, principles-based living evaluation …