Describes how to run a sound and efficient bank in a liberalized financial environment.Also available:Banking Institutions in Developing Markets. Volume 2: Interpreting Financial StatementsChris J. Barltrop and Diana McNaughton152 pages / (ISBN 0-8213-2218-4) / Stock No. 12218 / $20.00 / Price code S2

Institutional Assessment: A framework for strengthening organizational capacity for IDRCs research partners

The critical importance of well-performing public institutions and good governance for development and poverty reduction has come to the forefront in the 1990s. Reforming public institutions is a complex and difficult task. This publication is primarily intended as a guide for World Bank staff but it is also intended to serve the broader development community. It outlines a strategy which envisions significant changes in the focus of the Bank's work in this area. Some of these changes such as an enhanced focus on governance, capacity building and anticorruption, are already underway. The agenda for the next three years is to continue to foster these changes through a the advancement of analytical tools, new approaches t the design of lending operations, expanded emphasis on partnership with clients and other donors and progressive shifts in staffing, incentives and evaluation techniques. Included as an annex is an inventory of the Bank's governance and institutional reform programs which are in place.

The United Republic of Tanzania is to be commended for persistently volunteering to be among the first countries to undertake the JEE assessment – its first assessment took place in February 2016. This demonstrates strong commitment, dedication, leadership, confidence and foresight of both the United Republic of Tanzania Government and the national experts involved. The latest evaluation was a joint exercise between a multisectoral team of experts from the country and an external team of experts, who participated in a weeklong evaluation from 14 to 18 August 2023 in Dar es Salaam, the United Republic of Tanzania. The Joint external evaluation tool: International Health Regulations (2005), third edition was specifically utilized to determine the country’s current capacity, including gaps and needs; to measure progress on work implemented across the International Health Regulations (2005), third edition (IHR) core capacities; and to highlight the strengths, challenges, gaps and needs for current and prospective support, as well as to inform country-level planning and priority setting. All of the technical areas have specific indicators that were examined and rated according to a spectrum of capacity, from level 1, indicating ‘no capacity’, to level 5, indicating ‘sustainable capacity.