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  • The ABCs of Impact Evaluation
    Designing and implementing an impact evaluation  is necessary to build evidence for more effective programs and policies. How do you do that? What are the steps needed to ensure that governments and...
    Date: April 22, 2015 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Using Evidence to Design Programs That Deliver Impact
    World Bank conference on ‘Impact Evaluation Evidence to Policy’ ends today DHAKA, April 30, 2014 – Impact evaluation research and the evidence generated can help governments design and deliver programs...
    Date: April 30, 2014 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • World Bank Hails African Civil Society and Media as Drivers of Change in Africa
    WASHINGTON, April 11, 2014 -- The World Bank has hailed African civil society organizations (CSOs) and the media as the main drivers of change on a continent on the rise. “Civil society and media are an...
    Date: April 11, 2014 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Releases Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme
    The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, the NSP has established 32,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs) across 361...
    Date: September 29, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Learning by Doing: The Social Observatory
    It's past 8 p.m. on a Friday. The lights are still burning inside the offices of Jeevika, a village-level collective action project led by the government of the Indian state of Bihar. Inside, Ajit Ranjan,...
    Date: March 20, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Monitoring and Evaluation for Better Development Results
    Good government is key to inclusive economic development, and accountability key to good government. Enter monitoring and evaluation (M&E) – programs and systems designed to identify what works and what...
    Date: February 21, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Factoring Nature Into National Wealth Accounting
    Botswana’s diamonds have sustained its economic growth for decades. Now, the country in southern Africa is looking to diversify its economy. Can its unique natural ecosystems provide a new stream of revenue...
    Date: April 12, 2012 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Nepal and the World Bank: Four Decades of Development Partnerships
    The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice. Over the years, the Bank’s support has evolved in focus and...
    Date: February 2, 2011 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Updates Poverty Estimates for the Developing World
    Updated February 17, 2010: The Chen and Ravallion (2008) research reported below still stands as the latest comprehensive estimate of poverty in developing countries. Projections of the impact of the financial...
    Date: August 26, 2008 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Updates Poverty Estimates for the Developing World
    Updated February 17, 2010: The Chen and Ravallion (2008) research reported below still stands as the latest comprehensive estimate of poverty in developing countries. Projections of the impact of the financial...
    Date: August 26, 2008 Type: Feature Story Language: English