This report is IEO’s first assessment of self-evaluation at the IMF. It examines the outputs and activities conducted at the IMF in order to learn from experience and improve the quality of its work. The report is intended to help strengthen the IMF self-evaluation function and in this way…
This report is the second in a program of evaluations that the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is conducting on the learning that takes place through World Bank projects. Learning and knowledge are treated as parts of a whole and are presumed to be mutually reinforcing.
As part of IEG's commitment to promoting learning from evaluation experience, IEG is supplementing its main evaluation reports with a series of learning-focused notes which aim to make evaluation evidence easily accessible to key audiences. This note brings together in short and…
The report examines the IMF's surveillance and lending activities following the Lehman collapse through 2013, while excluding programs in the euro area, which will be addressed in a separate IEO evaluation.
In FY14 IEG responded to changes at the World Bank Group by delivering a number of highly appreciated evaluations that spoke to issues on the change agenda and informed policy choices and new beginnings. This 2014 Annual Report, provides insight into IEG's work over the past year, as well…