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World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : An IEG Review
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
assistance to agriculture in Africa has a twofold purpose. First, it is a pilot for the proposed IEG study on Bank …-wide assistance in agriculture scheduled for fiscal year 2009. Second, the review provides timely insight into specific issues … relevant to the Bank's renewed focus on agriculture in Africa, especially as expressed in the Africa Action Plan. The central …
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The World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment : An IEG Evaluation
Independent Evaluation Group - 2013
The World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) assess the conduciveness of a country's policy and institutional framework to poverty reduction, sustainable growth, and the effective use of development assistance. The CPIA enters the calculation of country performance ratings...
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Higher Education for Development : An Evaluation of the World Bank Group's Support
Independent Evaluation Group - 2017
The World Bank Group's twin goals have redefined the rationale for engagement across all sectors. Although the World Bank Group has never had an explicit strategy for higher education, institutional- and regional-level strategies and knowledge work anchor the World Bank's engagement in...
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Water Management in Agriculture : Ten Years of World Bank Assistance, 1994-2004
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
for agriculture and rural development more recently, this amount increased to one-half. The study is primarily based on …
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The Role of Political Economy Analysis in Development Policy Operations
Independent Evaluation Group - 2016
This learning product reviews the extent to which political economy analysis (PEA) is used to improve the design of development policy operations (DPOs) and how effective it has been. Although the World Bank's mandate explicitly precludes it from engaging in politics, an understanding of the...
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Development Results in Middle-Income Countries : An Evaluation of the World Bank's Support
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This IEG evaluation brings a fresh perspective to the debate by assessing the development effectiveness of the Bank's recent work. It presents evidence -- including views from the client countries themselves -- about the outcomes of the Bank's support to individual countries over the past 12...
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Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems : An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This report analyzes the Bank's assistance to support pension reform to determine if the Bank's strategy was relevant and if it was followed. The evaluation assesses whether pension reform decisions reflected best practice guidelines at entry, and whether Bank-assisted reforms achieved their...
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IEG Review of World Bank Assistance for Financial Sector Reform
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This evaluation presents an independent assessment of the Bank's support for financial sector reforms over the period FY93-03. It is the second part of a two-part evaluation; the first part of the assessment covered lines of credit. This volume focuses on Bank lending for financial sector...
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Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development : An IEG Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group examined the World Bank's experience in disaster prevention and response over the past 20 years and found that the scale of Bank operations has grown over the period. The report found that the Bank has demonstrated considerable flexibility in its...
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World Bank Assistance to the Financial Sector : A Synthesis of IEG Evaluation
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This report is a synthesis of three evaluations carried out by the Independent Evaluation Group and completed between July 2005 and February 2006, on different aspects of Bank assistance to financial sector development in client countries. The three evaluation reports are World Bank Lending for...
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