The Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)-launched by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn in early 1999-has become an important influence on the global development agenda. The CDF consists of four principles - a Long-Term, Holistic Development Framework; Results Orientation; Country...

The report reviews the Bank's experience with aid coordination, which lies at the intersection of many development effectiveness challenges. While globalization has brought new opportunities for development rewards, poverty has increased, and concessional aid shrunk. In 1995, the Bank focused on...

Intro -- Contents -- Country Case Study Teams -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bolivia -- 3. Burkina Faso -- 4. Ghana -- 5. Romania -- 6. Uganda -- 7. Vietnam -- Annex: Evaluation Methodology -- Endnotes -- Boxes.