Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006
Title | Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006 PDF eBook |
Author | Monika Huppi |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Banks and Banking Reform |
ISBN | 0821369075 |
The "results agenda" adopted by the World Bank and other donors aims to ensure that development assistance yields sustainable poverty reduction. Effective poverty reduction results from three main factors: sustained and inclusive growth, effective service delivery to the poor, and capable public sector institutions that are accountable to stakeholders for the results they achieve. The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006 assembles evaluative evidence around three questions central to poverty reduction: - How effectively has economic growth translated into poverty reduction in Bank-assisted countries and what factors have affected these results? - What factors have led to high-quality results in areas that deliver services to the poor? - What measures help raise the accountability of public institutions responsible for delivering and sustaining these results? The report identifies three key areas where the World Bank can further strengthen its effectiveness in helping countries reduce poverty. - Economic growth has improved in many Bank client countries but a stronger focus on the nature of growth is needed to ensure that such growth leads to jobs for the poor and productivity increases in poorer regions and sectors where the poor earn their incomes. - Consistent use of a clearly articulated results chain helps ensure that Bank country assistance programs and individual projects set realistic objectives, that key cross-sectoral constraints to achieving them are adequately considered and that due attention is given to building capacity. - A realistic assessment of the political economy of governance-related reforms is needed to tailor efforts to increase the accountability ofpublic sector institutions to local conditions.
Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
Title | Annual Review of Development Effectiveness PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Economic development projects |
ISBN | 9780821349298 |
2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
Title | 2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness PDF eBook |
Author | World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821377167 |
For the World Bank and its partners, the ever-present test is to deliver results-to lift people out of poverty and promote socially and environmentally sustainable development. Achieving such success in any individual country is increasingly intertwined with making progress on shared global challenges. The '2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness', an independent evaluation, presents evidence on the Bank's efforts in two important and connected areas: tracking outcomes of Bank projects and country programs; and progress in fostering global public goods, such as protecting the earth's climate and preventing the spread of dangerous communicable diseases.
2009 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
Title | 2009 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness PDF eBook |
Author | World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2009-12-04 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821381369 |
'The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009' presents evidence on the World Bank s efforts in two areas. Part I tracks the outcomes of Bank projects and country programs and the evolution of monitoring and evaluation (M and E). Part II examines the Bank s support for environmentally sustainable development compatible with economic growth and poverty reduction. The Bank s project performance rebounded in 2008, allaying concerns about the weakened performance in 2007. As previous ARDEs have shown, project performance has been improving gradually for 15 years according to the traditional measure percent of projects with satisfactory (versus unsatisfactory) outcomes. But IEG ratings of M and E quality for completed projects indicate considerable room for progress. Information to assess impacts continues to be lacking although preliminary data suggests improvements in baseline data collection. Bank support for the environment has recovered since 2002 due to new sources of concessional finance. The outcomes of environment projects have improved in recent years. A growing number of regional projects are addressing the shared use of water resources. New global partnerships are deepening the Bank s involvement in climate change issues. But M and E remains weak: three-quarters of environment-related projects those managed by sectors other than environment lack reporting of environmental outcomes.
Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006
Title | Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006 PDF eBook |
Author | Monika Huppi |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821369067 |
The 2006 annual review identifies three key areas where the World Bank can further strengthen its effectiveness in helping countries reduce poverty: (1) a stronger focus on the nature of economic growth is needed to ensure that such growth leads to jobs for the poor and productivity increases in poorer regions and sectors where the poor earn their incomes; (2) consistent use of a clearly articulated results chain helps ensure that Bank country assistance programmes and projects set realistic objectives and due attention is given to building capacity; (3) a realistic assessment of the political economy of governance-related reforms is needed to tailor efforts to increase the accountability of public sector institutions to local conditions.
Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2000
Title | Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2000 PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
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Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
Title | Annual Review of Development Effectiveness PDF eBook |
Author | Soniya Carvalho |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780821354360 |
This is the sixth annual review which assesses the effectiveness of World Bank programmes in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and related targets designed to address global poverty. This year's review finds that the organisation's programmes are consistent with MDG themes, but can be greatly enhanced by defining quantified, time-bound targets for poverty reduction and other development outcomes. Areas needing further attention include: helping clients to monitor and evaluate development outcomes, working to establish cross-sectoral strategies, and clarifying the role and objectives of itself and other partners. Above all, the World Bank needs to fully assess MDG implications at the corporate, country sector and global levels and to address the implications in its use of lending and administrative resources.