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Management Action
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The ProVention Consortium July 2006
The ProVention Consortium was created in February 2000 to reduce the social, economic and environmental impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable populations in developing countries. The IEG review found that ProVention is a relevant and innovative program. Its record in bringing about change at the global and country level in a relatively short amount of time has been impressive. ProVention was largely successful in achieving its objectives of
networking, advocating, implementing activities, and disseminating research findings and best practices. But the informal governance structure, which ProVention established at the outset and which has contributed to its flexibility, also came at a cost in terms of accountability.
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Addressing the Challenges of Globalization (Phase 2 Report) December 2004)
This is a follow-up study to an earlier review and meta-evaluation. It looks at the World Bank’s approach to Global Programs, across 26 of 70 Bank-supported programs, and draws cross-cutting lessons about the design, implementation and evaluation of global programs.
Case Studies are available for some of the 26 global programs included in the study. Listed by thematic area:
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The CGIAR at 31: An Independent Meta-Evaluation of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research May 2003
This report on the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is part of an independent review by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank's involvement in global programs, and is in three volumes: The Overview Report (Part 1) addresses strategic questions regarding the organization, financing, and management of the CGIAR as these have affected research choices, science quality, and the Bank's relationship to the CGIAR. The Technical Report (Part 2) explores the nature, scope, and quality of the System's scientific work, assesses the scope and results of the reviews, and analyzes the governance, finance, and management in the CGIAR. The Annexes (Part 3) provide supporting materials and are available on request.
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The World Bank's Approach to Global Programs (Phase 1 Report) August 2002
The first report in this series, it analyses the Bank's support and involvement in global programs, and provides recommendations for management of these programs. |
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IEG Evaluation of World Bank Support of Regional Programs
(See Approach Paper July 2005  (69KB))
This evaluation is focusing on World Bank support for multi-country regional programs over the period of 1995-2005. These are defined as programs that aim to accomplish development objectives in three or more countries in the same Bank-defined region or contiguous regions and that involve some degree of interaction among participating countries. The purpose of the evaluation is to contribute to an understanding of when it makes sense for the Bank to support activities on a regional level, and to assess the effectiveness of both regional programs and the Bank's role in supporting them. A key motivation for undertaking this evaluation now is the apparent increasing interest in regional development efforts. A major issue for the evaluation will be to explore whether there is scope for scaling up these kinds of efforts. |
Global Program Reviews
IEG Global Programs Reviews (GPRs) are similar to existing reviews such as Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs) for investment projects and Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs) for country programs and therefore build upon these precedents in terms of both objectives and processes. They provide an independent opinion of each program's achievements. They also identify and disseminate lessons learned from experience.
A key difference between GPRs and other IEG reviews of investment projects and country programs is that global programs are partnerships in which the Bank is only one of several partners, and therefore only one member of the governing body which is responsible for the program. Another difference from investment projects is that most global programs are ongoing, rather than completed.
GPR's are based upon a prior external evaluation of the global program, typically commissioned by the governing body of the global program. |
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Development Gateway Foundation
(an independent evaluation was completed May 2005)
The Development Gateway provides innovative internet solutions for effective aid and e-government by increasing access to critical information, and building local capacity and partnerships. |
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Population and Reproductive Health Capacity Building Program
(an independent evaluation was completed March 2005)
The Population and Reproductive Health Capacity Building Program supports innovative ways to stimulate and sustain local responses to population and reproductive health needs. The program works with developing country groups to support community and peer groups in responding to reproductive health needs, pilot new approaches, carry out small-scale operations research, disseminate relevant materials in local languages, build local organizational capacity and networks, and facilitate the participation of community-based organizations in major global and regional conferences and initiatives. |
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