The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an independent unit within the World Bank Group; it reports directly to the Bankandapos;s Board of Executive Directors. IEG assesses what works, and what does not; how a borrower plans to run and maintain a project; and the lasting contribution of the Bank to a country's overall development. The goals of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Bank's work, and to provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives. It also improves Bank work by identifying and disseminating the lessons learned from experience and by framing recommendations drawn from evaluation findings. This feed will keep you updated on all of IEG's resources, including new evaluations, publications and websites. http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/rss/feed.xml August 28 2009 11:00:08 -0400 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) As Haiti faces the daunting task of recovery after the devastating earthquake, past experiences provide some lessons. Making a crucial difference to the effectiveness of actions seem to be the nature of the immediate response, diagnosis, project design and supervision, use of local capacity, private sector links, coordination among partners, including within the World Bank Group. Many of the lessons from previous episodes are relevant now; yet Haiti's distinct country conditions must also be kept in mind. http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/haiti.html January 27 2010 11:47:21 -0400