The Independent Evaluation Group report on the Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2021 documents the substantial improvement in project ratings while identifying areas in need of attention, such as results measurement.
Summary of a joint knowledge sharing webinar by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and United States Agency for International Development’s Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning team. The webinar highlighted cross-institutional lessons and evaluative knowledge from World…
This evaluation examines a critical and long-standing issue for IMF lending: how well have IMF-supported programs been able to sustain economic activity while delivering adjustment needed for external viability? Lessons from this evaluation are particularly relevant as many countries seeking…
This note presents findings from a rapid review of the World Bank’s support for Ebola outbreaks between 2014 and 2019, with the objective of informing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response and future crisis responses.
A crisis like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented global public health and economic crisis, with a tragic loss of over 3 million lives around the world and over 140 million confirmed cases thus far. The ensuing economic fallout has also been severe, with global output…