In the late 1990s, the World Bank significantly expanded its engagement at the state level in Brazil, India, Nigeria, and Russia. This is a pilot cross-country study that reviews selected cases of Bank lending and analytic work in these countries between 1998 and 2008... More »
In 2001 the World Bank adopted a gender equality policy as a means to help reduce poverty. This evaluation finds that the World Bank made progress in gender integration between 2002 and 2008 integrating gender concerns in more than half of the relevant projects... More »
The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009 presents the
World Bank’s record of performance in achieving outcomes from its
projects and country programs and focuses on the Bank's
contributions in supporting environmental sustainability.
Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects. This evaluation reviews how nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefited from Bank-supported MDPs over the past decade.
The World Bank Group's support for HNP has been sustained since 1997— $17 billion in country-level support by the World Bank and $873 million in private health and pharmaceutical investments by the IFC, through mid-2008. This report evaluates the Bank Group's support for HNP...More »
The World Bank Group Guarantee Instruments 1990- 2007
Regulatory and contractual risks have inhibited investments in many parts of the developing world. A core objective of the WBG has been to support flow of private investment for development; guarantees have been among the instruments used to pursue this objective. More »
Taking the Measure of the World Bank-IFC Doing Business Indicators
Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness
