During the 1990s, the World Bank and several donor partners provided a “surge” in external aid to support Pakistan … it was a decade earlier when the antipoverty program began. This working paper re-releases a CGD analysis of the World …

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 $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 …

The goal of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced in early 2001 under World Bank Interim guidelines …

The evaluation examines the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support for trade facilitation and … identifies lessons for future engagement. The World Bank Group has played a leading role in trade facilitation reform over the … throughout the evaluation period. Main findings of the report include: (i) Over the evaluation period, the World Bank Group has …

A large share of the world's population today has access to health services, but the health needs of a great segment of … the roles and contributions of the World Bank Group in supporting health services in client countries. It also seeks to … financing evaluation, which examined how World Bank Group support to revenue collection for health, pooling of health funds and …