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…
Several key messages of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation of World Bank Support to Aging Countries acquire new resonance under the current COVID-19 pandemic. This note draws lessons on how societies can reallocate resources and rethink services to better meet the needs of their…
This report, also known as RAP 2020, is an annual review of the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group. To provide new perspectives on performance, RAP 2020 also analyzes outcomes and discusses ways in which the Bank Group can continue to enhance its outcome orientation.