The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE) 2003, examines the effectiveness of Bank support to borrower … twice the rate of those that did not. Evaluation evidence links Bank support to recent improvements in policy. At the … project level, good country policy ratings tend to be associated with good evaluation ratings on project outcomes. The Bank …

Bank Support Policy Reform? -- 2 Ownership: Linking Bank Support to Policy Reform -- Is Bank Support Linked to Policy … Reform? -- How Does the Bank Handle the "Tough Cases"? -- Are Partnership Approaches Working? -- 3 Country Fit: Adapting Bank … Support to Country Conditions -- Do Bank Country Strategies "Fit"? -- Is the Bank Effective in Advancing Corporate Advocacy …