MANDATE
Mission: Enhancing development
effectiveness through excellence and independence
in evaluation.
Objective:
To draw lessons from Bank experience, and to provide
an objective basis for assessing the results of
the Bank's work. IEG-WB improves Bank work by identifying
and disseminating the lessons learned from experience
and by framing recommendations drawn from its evaluation
findings.
Reporting: IEG-WB
is an independent unit within the World Bank. Its
reports are transmitted to Bank's Board of Executive
Directors through the Director-General,
Evaluation.
WHO WE ARE
Established:
1973 (32 years)
FY06 budget:
$21.8 million (FY05); historically 1.5 % of World
Bank’s admin budget
Staffing:
90 staff members
WHAT WE DO
For
CODE/Board:
 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
Annual Report on Operations Evaluation (AROE)
Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs)
Country Assistance Strategy Completion Reports
(CASCRs)
Sector and Thematic Reviews
Impact Evaluations
Management Action Record (MAR)
For
Internal Bank Use:
Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs)
Implementation Completion Report Reviews (ESs)
Evaluation Partnerships:
Partnerships with Bilateral Cooperation
Agencies: These include: Ministry of Foreign Affairs/NORAD
(Norway), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(Switzerland); Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development
Cooperation (the Netherlands); and United Kingdom
Department for International Development (DFID).
IEG-WB also participates in the DAC Network on
Development Evaluation.
Partnerships with Multilateral Organizations:
These include the evaluation offices of the UN system
through the Evaluation Cooperation Group; evaluation
offices of the UN system through the UN Evaluation
Group.
Partnerships for Evaluation Capacity Development:
IEG-WB has been active in this area since the mid-1970s
and has forged partnerships with several developing
country governments to support their efforts in
this area.
Training Partnerships: IEG-WB has partnered with
Carleton University, Canada to organize the “International
Program for Development Evaluation Training”
(IPDET). The comprehensive, international program
is designed to help attendees develop skills to
conduct meaningful evaluations of development interventions.
KEY LINK
TO WORLD BANK'S STRATEGY
In line with the Bank’s greater emphasis
on delivering results, IEG-WB is increasing its
impact evaluation work.
IEG-WB is expanding it capacity-building and dissemination
activities in order to strengthen developing country
capacity and expertise.
IEG-WB’s reports provide direct input into
improving the development effectiveness of the Bank’s
work.
Global evaluations provide a more holistic and
accurate view of the development environment.
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