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Water and Development
An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 1997-2007
Häftad, 2010
357 kr
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Development patterns, increasing population pressure, and the demand for better livelihoods in many parts of the globe all contribute to a steadily deepening global water crisis. Development redirects, consumes, and pollutes water. It also causes changes in the state of natural water reservoirs, …
World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
An IEG Evaluation
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2010
300 kr
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The evaluation finds that the content of the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) is largely relevant for growth and poverty reduction in the sense that it maps well with the determinants of growth and poverty reduction identified in the economics literature. However, …
Peru
Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group, 2003-2009
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2011
300 kr
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This Peru Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group, 2003-2009 is part of IEG's country program evaluation series. To date, IEG's in-depth country evaluations have comprised IEG-WB Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs) and IEG-IFC Country Impact Reviews (CIRs). Both the CAEs and CIRs have …
Climate Change and the World Bank Group
Phase I I - the Challenge of Low-Carbon Development
Häftad, 2011
251 kr
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This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group’s far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy, forestry, transport, coal power, and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked, what hasn’t, and why, the …
World Bank Group Impact Evaluations
Relevance and Effectiveness
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
313 kr
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Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention. Both innovations in statistical methods and the demand for evaluations that can …
Youth Employment Programs
An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Support
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2012
348 kr
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Youth employment issues are a major concern for many countries because they have negative effects on the welfare of young people, and may also adversely affect economic performance and social stability. This is the first Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation of the World Bank Group's …
Liberia Country Program Evaluation 2004-2011
Evaluation of the World Bank Group Program
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
357 kr
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This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Liberia from its post-war reengagement in 2003 through 2011. The country has moved from total disarray to a solid foundation for inclusive development. Although development has not moved forward as quickly as hoped, substantial …
Impact Evaluation of Business License Simplification in Peru
An Independent Assessment of an International Finance Corporation-Supported Project
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2012
240 kr
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This evaluation is about the nature and magnitude of the cost savings and other benefits of business license simplification in one of the central districts of Lima, Peru. IEG asked whether the project's license simplification reform reduced costs and operating procedures and whether it increased …
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2012
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
270 kr
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The World Bank Group has made important contributions to poverty reduction in developing countries. But to stay relevant under the uncertain conditions that characterise today’s global development context, the Bank Group needs to enhance its capacity to help clients cope with weak economic growth, …
Evaluation of World Bank Programs in Afghanistan 2002-11
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
313 kr
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This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Afghanistan from 2002-11. Despite extremely difficult security conditions, which deteriorated markedly after 2006, the World Bank Group has commendably established and sustained a large programme of support to the country. The key …
Biennial Report on Operations Evaluation
Assessing the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems of IFC and MIGA
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
304 kr
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The development paradigm has shifted toward private investment, and the private sector has become central in development strategies. There is much to be learned about how to effectively facilitate and mobilise private sector contributions to development. Effective monitoring and evaluation (M and …
Evaluation of the International Finance Corporation's Global Trade Finance Program, 2006-12
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2013
313 kr
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As part of its strategy to support global trade, the World Bank Group seeks to enhance trade finance in emerging markets. In 2005 the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the Bank Group, introduced the Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) to support the extension of trade finance to …
World Bank Group and the Global Food Crisis
An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Response
Häftad, 2014
314 kr
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The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007–08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid–2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled …
World Bank Group and Public Procurement
An Independent Evaluation
Häftad, 2015
348 kr
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The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid-2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled …
World Bank Group Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An Independent Evaluation
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2014
358 kr
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In economic growth the largest differences between developed and developing economies are in innovation performances. Innovation is critical for growth, but it is increasingly important for addressing major development changes, such as those related to inclusion and sustainability.Recognising this …
Brazil Country Program Evaluation, FY2004-11
Evaluation of the World Bank Group Program
Häftad, 2014
417 kr
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IEG's evaluation shows that the World Bank Group remained an important partner for the government in addressing many key policy challenges. The World Bank adapted its program effectively to meet shifting country needs, which shifted to subnational government support in the mid-2000s. The …
World Bank Group Assistance to Low-Income Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
An Independent Evaulation
Häftad, 2015
358 kr
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Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) have become an important focus of World Bank Group assistance in recent years as recognition of the linkages between fragility, conflict, violence, and poverty has grown. Addressing issues of recurring conflict and political violence and helping build …
World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility
Vol. 1: Main report
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2015
358 kr
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The World Bank Group was a principal founding partner of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in its pilot phase in 1991, and of the restructured GEF in 1994. The Bank plays three different roles in the GEF: (a) as trustee of the GEF and related trust funds, (b) as implementing agency, including …
Knowledge-Based Country Programs
An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience
Häftad, 2016
358 kr
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The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support. Part of this debate concerns strengthening the knowledge agenda. The findings of this evaluation are particularly relevant because they speak directly to questions that the …
Big Business of Small Enterprises
Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, 2006-12
Av World Bank
Häftad, 2015
417 kr
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A central challenge is to level the economic playing field by ensuring dynamic markets; strengthening market-support institutions; and removing constraints to participation. IEG found that financial sector development can have both a pro-growth and pro-poor impact by alleviating SMEs' financing …
World Bank Group Support to Public-Private Partnerships
Lessons from Experience in Client Countries, FY02-12
Häftad, 2015
358 kr
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Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have seen a rise in the last two decades and are used in more than 134 developing countries. IEG has reviewed the World Bank Group's work with PPPs and makes several recommendations to enhance their effectiveness.
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2015
Av IEG
Häftad, 2016
348 kr
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RAP 2015 describes how mechanisms for integrating gender in projects and country strategies are working and to what extent they provide meaningful information about progress and results on gender. It aims to inform World Bank Group efforts to strengthen the approach to results as part of the new …
Impact Evaluation of India's Second and Third Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Projects
A Case of Poverty Reduction with Low Economic Returns
Av Howard White
Häftad, 2008
345 kr
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Irrigation has made a major contribution to poverty reduction in the past decades, enabling higher yields and better nutrition. Despite these achievements, large-scale irrigation schemes have usually yielded low returns and attracted negative publicity because of their adverse environmental and …
Energy Efficiency Finance
Assessing the Impact of IFC's China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program
Häftad, 2010
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This evaluation assesses the performance of IFC's energy efficiency finance program in China aimed at stimulating energy efficiency investments through bank guarantees and technical assistance. The difference made by the programme is traced along the chain of interventions: (i) at the level of …
Results and Performance 2010
The World Bank Group
Häftad, 2011
297 kr
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Provides an independent assessment of the World Bank Group's performance in achieving key development objectives, with a special focus on support for environmentally sustainable development consistent with economic growth and poverty reduction.
Growth and Productivity in Agriculture and Agribusiness
Evaluative Lessons from World Bank Group Experience
Av World Bank: Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Publications
Häftad, 2011
297 kr
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The report assesses the World Bank Group’s support for growth and productivity in the agriculture sector. Enhancing agricultural growth and productivity is essential to meeting the worldwide demand for food and to reducing poverty, particularly in the poorest developing countries. Between 1998 and …
World Bank Group's Response to the Global Economic Crisis
Phase I
Häftad, 2011
297 kr
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This assessment underscores the strong countercyclical role that the World Bank Group has eventually played, with partners and countries, to help withstand the global downturn.
World Bank's Partnership with the GAVI Alliance
Häftad, 2017
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GAVI is the third largest multilateral in the health sector, with a single-purpose mandate to increase access to immunization. The World Bank is a founding partner and remains a major partner. This review identifies opportunities for stronger Bank engagement at the country level, in GAVI's …
Tunisia Country Program Evaluation, FY05-13
Häftad, 2017
355 kr
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During the first decade of the 2000s, Tunisia was regarded as a stable country with a successful economy. However, beneath the veneer, dissent fermented. This evaluation covers the last years of the Ben Ali regime and aims to inform the preparation of a new World Bank Group strategy for Tunisia.
World Bank Group Support to Health Financing
Häftad, 2017
413 kr
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Improving health outcomes and protecting households against the financial consequences of ill health are top priorities to reduce poverty and sustain growth. However, poor individuals often forgo care when it is needed because they cannot afford to pay user fees. They also report worse health …
