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Using Training to Build Capacity for Development : An Evaluation of the World Bank's Project-Based and WBI Training
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
To achieve the goals of sustainable growth and poverty reduction, developing countries need strong national institutions. To this end, the World Bank has devoted significant resources to building the capacity of institutions and organizations in client countries. The Bank helps countries build...
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Selected Drivers of Education Quality : Pre- and In-Service Teacher Training
Independent Evaluation Group - 2019
This evaluation examines how the World Bank has supported two types of professional development to improve teacher capacity-preservice and in-service training-and identifies how these drivers of education quality can be better designed, implemented, and scaled up
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World Bank Group Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship : An Independent Evaluation
Independent Evaluation Group - 2014
World Bank Group management welcomes Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) review of innovation and entrepreneurship. The … such context, innovation and entrepreneurship are increasingly seen as essential ingredients for economic and social … prosperity. The report notes there are limited mechanisms in place to share learning about innovation and entrepreneurship and …
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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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World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : An IEG Review
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991-2006. This Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) review of World Bank assistance to agriculture in Africa has a twofold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563180
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563217
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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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Debt Relief for the Poorest : An Evaluation Update of the HIPC Initiative
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This study evaluates progress under the HIPC initiative since the 2003 evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Group. It finds that the Enhanced HIPC initiative (the Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) cut debt ratios in half for 18 countries, but in eight of these countries, the...
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