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...

The policy paper analyzes the impact and effect of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP) on the social cost living in Sub-Saharan African states. The issue of whether the implementation of SAP really mitigated the plight of many, or whether these policies pushed SSA in further economic...

We survey quantitative fiscal conditionality in selected sub-Saharan African PRGF-supported programs, and assess the conditionality against some possible benchmarks and best practices. While noting many caveats, the paper suggests some possible scope for further attuning of this conditionality...