This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of … developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than USD 30 billion to its client countries. It also spends … countries has made it difficult for policymakers and scholars to understand which World Bank instruments are most useful for …

countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and …

This paper examines the correlates of success of development policy lending operations of the World Bank between 2004 … the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. Departing from the related literature, the paper focuses mostly on … Policy" department of the World Bank, also increase the chance of success. Conversely, a weaker set of supported reforms in …

World Bank and worldwide impact evaluations. The study finds that low levels of training in cost data collection and …

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim discussed the priorities for the World Bank under his new leadership, including …

Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discuss the critical role of inclusive and … resources, develop green areas, and reflect upgraded environment standards and environmental inspection systems. The World Bank …

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, discussed these topics: a new, more globalized world; global aid … architecture; the World Bank and a new multilateralism; and Russia's role in development. One of the strategic challenges for the … World Bank Group is to contribute to the m modernization of multilateralism. This week's "Moscow Process" can spark a …

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following topics. The Bank is helping many manage the …