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Albania Country Program Evaluation
The primary goal of the evaluation is to assess the Bank Group’s development effectiveness in Albania during the period FY11-19 and to inform the design and implementation of its future activities in Albania. The…
International Finance Corporation Country Diagnostics and Strategies Under IFC 3.0: An Early-Stage Assessment (Approach Paper)
In December 2016, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) introduced its latest strategy, IFC 3.0, which aimed to enhance IFC’s development impact by creating “new and stronger markets for private sector solutions…
World Bank Group Engagement in Upper-Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from IEG Evaluations
This report synthesizes existing evaluative evidence on the outcomes and lessons learned from the World Bank Group’s partnership with upper-middle income countries. The report focuses mainly on IEG evaluations produced…
An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to the Transition Economies
This evaluation examines the Bank's assistance to the transition economies of the Europe and Central Asia Region since 1989. It is largely a meta-evaluation of Bank products and services in the transition countries,…
Colombia - First Phase of the Productive Partnerships Support Project
The objective of the project - the relevance of which is rated Substantial by this assessment -- was to generate income, create employment and promote social cohesion of poor rural communities in an economic and…
🎧 Additionality in the private sector and the experience of the International Finance Corporation
Additionality is the unique value that Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) offer to private companies in low- and middle-income countries without crowding out private investments. For DFIs, such as the International…
The World Bank’s Role in and Use of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (Approach Paper)
Interest is high on the World Bank’s role in and use of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF) in light of the sharp rise in debt stress among low-income countries and a changing global risk…
International Finance Corporation Additionality in Middle-Income Countries (Approach Paper)
Accounting for almost half of global gross domestic product and 70 percent of the world’s population, middle-income countries (MICs) face multiple development challenges limiting achievement of the Sustainable…
Averting the Housing Gap - What Can Countries Do?
What can countries, the World Bank Group and other stakeholders do to help address the housing gap in developing countries?
Promoting Inclusive Growth
To promote inclusive growth the Bank Group needs to get the diagnostics of inclusion right before designing meaningful interventions that level the playing field for all.