Ratings for the Pilot to Improve the Development and Nutrition of Young Children in Poor Rural Areas in Guatemala Project for Guatemala were as follows: outcome was moderately satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality was high.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: by generating local capacities, the nuestros ninos listos y sanos (NNLS) empowered people, particularly women, to be the managers of their own development, which bodes well for the sustainability of the initiative. To work with indigenous communities, it is critical to respect their societal structures and to hire social workers from the community to ensure smooth implementation. Stipends to cover costs incurred by the Madres Guias should be considered, as having their performance based on altruism and personal commitment may not be sustainable in the long run. Implementing pilots, and incorporating feedback mechanisms is critical to incorporating lessons learned in a timely manner. Doing so helped NNLS adjust and improve implementation during the pilot. When Japan social development fund (JSDF) grants are executed by non-governmental organization (NGOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs), particular attention should be given to building procurement and financial capacity within these organizations. It is important that World Bank teams review national labor regulations before any project to guarantee that Bank financial management (FM) policies do not supersede them. The Bank should standardize FM and procurement policies for all its trust funds, so they do not conflict. In low capacity environments, the Bank should take responsibility for impact evaluations to ensure independence of assessments and also quality. Close collaboration between the operational and research teams is key for allowing flexibility in the design of the evaluation to respond to realities in the field. Given the high rates of stunting and malnutrition in the country, the World Bank should take advantage of the pilot experience to disseminate the lessons learned and to show case it internationally as a reference for other Latin American countries with indigenous populations.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR00004878 DEC 30, 2019
Ratings for the Fiscal Space for Greater Opportunities: First Programmatic Development Policy Loan and Enhanced Fiscal and Financial Management for Greater Opportunities: Second Programmatic Development Policy Loan are as follows: Outcome was moderately satisfactory, Risk to development outcome was high, Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately unsatisfactory.
... See More + This Project Performance Assessment Report offers the following lessons: (i) Tax administration and tax policy reforms in the face of major governance issues and long-standing opposition from influential interest groups are unlikely to be successful, even if backed by the World Bank’s analytical support, policy dialogue, and financing. Under these conditions, directly and indirectly targeting the governance issues over a longer period is necessary. (ii) Achieving progress on results budgeting requires strengthening of capacity, political commitment, sound monitoring and evaluation indicators, and cross-agency collaboration. (iii) Achieving results in policy lending requires a sound results framework, a credible theory of change, close linking of objectives with policy actions, and outcome-oriented target indicators.
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Project Performance Assessment Report 141817 NOV 14, 2019
Doing business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
... See More + Doing business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - and over time. Regulations affecting 12 areas of the life of a business are covered: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, employing workers, and contracting with the government. The employing workers and contracting with the government indicator sets are not included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business. Data in doing business 2020 are current as of May 1, 2019. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where, and why. This economy profile presents indicators for Guatemala; for 2020, Guatemala ranks 96.
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The Country Opinion Survey in Guatemala assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Guatemala perceive the WBG.
... See More + It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Guatemala on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Guatemala; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Guatemala; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Guatemala; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Guatemala.
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The objective of the Building Statistical Capacities in the Ministry of Education Project is to strengthen the capacity of MINEDUC to collect, manage, analyze and use high-quality statistical information to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions to address key sector challenges.
... See More + The dialogue on the importance of data collection and statistical capacity within the ministry supported through this Trust Fund is starting to produce results. An extension of seven months of the grant to compensate for the initial delays will allow for the completion of the implementation of on-going activities and fully achieve the project’s objectives.
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