This study is the first independent evaluation of social fund projects by OED. It reviews the development effectiveness of social fund projects and draws implications for future Bank support to them. It...
This joint OED (Operations Evaluation Department) / OEG (Operations Evaluation Group) study follows up OED's 1993 review of the Bank's experience in telecommunications. It assesses how World Bank Group...
This country assitance evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance to India during the 1990s. The Bank has been India's largest source of external long-term capital and has...
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) on Uganda departs from the customary approach and assesses the International Development Association's (IDA) assistance thematically. Attached to the CAE is a report...
This evaluation was conducted jointly by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) and Global Environment Facility (GEF). It examines the degree to which Global Environment Facility (GEF) policies are...
This study presents the main findings of an evaluation of the impact of the World Bank's support of projects for agricultural extension services in Kenya during 1982 - 1998. Since 1982, the training and...
In 1990, a review of global experience showed that a strategy emphasizing broad-based growth and the equitable provision of social services was the most effective route for sustainable progress of poverty...
This book present and analyzes the concrete results of four successful municipal development projects (MDPs) on the institutional capacity building of local governments for fiscal and financial management...
The World Bank began lending for population in the 1970s and to health in 1980s, and has since committed over $14 billion to support the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector. This study seeks...
Overall, assistance provided by the International Development Association (IDA) to Bangladesh has been effective, and the partnership forged with the government has brought about some notable successes...
This report evaluates progress in mainstreaming gender in Bank lending since 1994. It also examines the integration of gender into project objectives and analyzes all investment lending with nominated...
This report reviews the World Bank's experience in supporting the development of national agricultural research and extension systems in developing countries in the early 1980s and 1990s, and makes recommendations...
This study analyzes the World Bank's experience with fiscal management in 250 adjustment operations in 86 countries. It examines the fiscal records in a sample of 26 countries grouped by region, portfolio...
This review evaluates the overall relevance, efficacy, and efficiency of the World Bank's assistance to Poland. During 1986-89 the Bank carried out comprehensive reviews of the Polish economy but postponed...
This report evaluates the World Bank's experience with the fifty agricultural adjustment operations (agsecals) approved by the Board since 1979 and reflects the impact of Bank programming of a world wide...
This Operations Evaluation Department study examines the impact of irrigation investments, operation, and maintenance in Southeast Asia. The review covers 6 gravity irrigation schemes in Thailand , Myanmar...
World Bank assistance to Zambia during the 1980s and 1990s has been characterized by the predominance of adjustment lending. Despite this assistance, Zambia has become an IDA-only borrower. This operation...
This publication describes the findings of the third independent evaluation by the World Bank of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP). This program, in its thirteenth year of operation, continues...
This study investigates why Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to pose a special challenge to the World Bank in its lending for power sector development. Based on analysis of completed projects, it establishes...
This Operations Evaluation Study reviews the experience of Bank involvement in industrial restructuring in 46 countries since 1980. It indicates that industrial restructuring remains a major development...