This evaluation focused on Bank-Fund collaboration in the context of recent IMF pilot initiatives to enhance coverage of inequality, gender, energy/climate, and macro-structural reform in Article IV surveillance.
This report presents IDEV’s first assessment of the adoption of evaluation recommendations, as captured in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Management Action Record System (MARS), established in 2013.
For the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), fiscal year (FY)20 was a year of both internally and externally driven reform. IEG began the year with a mission to listen to the needs of our clients and stakeholders and improve our methods, relationships, and products to increase the relevance and…
The purpose of the evaluation was to account for the Bank’s operations in Egypt and to foster learning to help improve the Bank’s future performance. The evaluation highlights key lessons and recommendations for consideration in future program design.
Innovations in rural development approaches and solutions are crucial to improve the effectiveness of agrifood systems and better meet the rising demand for food worldwide. Innovations are thus critical for IFAD to achieve its mandate of investing in rural people and enabling inclusive and…
In its most recent evaluation, IEG assesses how the World Bank Group convenes international partners to foster collective action on global issues. It finds that there is high demand for the Bank Group as a convener and examples of strong global contributions.