Global Programs | Independent Evaluation Group

The main report Addressing the Challenges of Globalization is based on 26 World Bank supported global programs and derives lessons for the Bank's strategic and programmatic management of global programs as well as lessons for the design and management of individual programs:

Acronym	Full name	Start date	Size $mil
Environment & Agriculture
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)		1972	395.0
Global Environment Facility (GEF) *		1991	387.53
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF)		1991	158.6
Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF)		2000	6.5
Global Water Partnership (GWP)		1997	10.25
Global Integrated Pest Management Facility (GIF)		1996	1.3
Health, Nutrition & Population
Global Health Programs, Millennium Development Goals, and the World Bank's Role Review of the following 5 global programs:
Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)		Dec 1975	47.5
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)		Jan 1996	95.0
Roll Back Malaria (RBM)		Nov 1998	11.4
Stop TB Partnership (Stop TB)		July 1999	20.8
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)		Oct 1999	124.1
Infrastructure & Private Sector Development
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)		Aug 1995	12.67
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)		Mar 1978	12.4
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)		Jan 1982	7.58
Information for Development Program (infoDev)		Sept 1995	8.90
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)		Dec 1999	15.61
Cities Alliance (CA)		Dec 1999	13.25
Social Development & Protection
Post-Conflict Fund (PCF)		1998	10.60
Understanding Children's Work (UCW)		2000	0.56
Trade & Finance
Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance (IF)		1997	2.71
Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) *		May 1999	10.46
Financial Sector Reform & Strengthening Initiative (FIRST)*		July 2002	4.64
Information & Knowledge
Global Development Network (GDN)		Dec 1999	8.67

* Background Papers not for distribution.

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an independent unit within the World Bank; it reports directly to the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. The goals of IEG 's evaluations are to draw lessons from Bank experience, and to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Bank's work.