This Country Program Evaluation (RE-313) covers the period from 1989 to 2004. During this period there have been four country strategy papers. Country strategy papers are consensual documents that set out strategic goals agreed to by the country and the Bank. All four strategy documents...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-320) covers two programming cycles encompassing the period from 1996 to 2000 to 2005. The evaluation has found that the country and the Bank have successfully worked together to achieve a program that has a high level of country ownership and one that has...

This Country Program Evaluation for Colombia (RE-337) analyzes the results obtained by the Bank during the period 1998-2006. The purpose is to improve the effectiveness of the Bank's programming and future operations in the country. Its conclusions reflect on trends in the country's development...

This report (RE-318) details the evaluation undertaken by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Bank's Country Program in Suriname during the period 1980-2004. The purpose of the Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is to describe the outcomes of the Bank's performance in country, and...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-355) analyzes the recent performance of the Bank's portfolio of operations. Two country strategies were approved during 2000-2008, which were prepared in two very different contexts in Brazil. The 2000-2003 strategy was prepared following the 1999 crisis that...

The following paper (RE-297) is a review of the Bank's experience in Bolivia from 1990 to 2002. It is produced at a time when the country is faced with a critical fiscal scenario, and in the aftermath of substantial social tensions that have led to the resignation of former President Gonzalo...

This report (RE-296) presents an evaluation of the Bank's country program for Belize for the years 1993-2003. The evaluation includes: 1) An overview of the structure of the Belizean economy, including developments that took place during the nineties and the development challenges faced by the...

This country program evaluation (RE-312) covers the period from 1991 to 2004. It is composed of five chapters that evaluate the outcomes of the Bank's program in Uruguay for the period 1991-2004 from different standpoints. The first chapter presents developments in the country in the period...

Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...