Documents & Reports
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The effects of school-based management in the Philippines : an initial assessment using administrative data (English)
This paper estimates the effect of school-based management on student performance in the Philippines using the administrative dataset of all public schools in 23 school districts over a 3-year period...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 79471 Document Date: June 19, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jha,Shreyasi,Khattri,Nidhi,Ling,Cristina Marosan
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Designing a Results Framework for Achieving Results : A How-to Guide (English)
It is difficult to know if programs have succeeded or failed if the expected results are not clearly articulated. An explicit definition of results, precisely what is to be achieved through the project...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 139580 Document Date: January 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Roberts,Dawn,Khattri,Nidhi
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Improving the quality of public expenditure in the Dominican Republic : Mejoramiento de la calidad del gasto publico en la Republica Dominicana (Spanish)
Although the international economic crisis that began in 2007 did not start with structural fiscal deficits, it has revealed important lessons for fiscal policy and for the role of, and challenges to...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 71472 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fernandez Ordonez,Elena Ximena,Khattri,Nidhi,Arizti,Pedro,Gonzalez, John Mario,Rogers, Patricia
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Improving the quality of public expenditure in the Dominican Republic (English)
Although the international economic crisis that began in 2007 did not start with structural fiscal deficits, it has revealed important lessons for fiscal policy and for the role of, and challenges to...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 71472 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fernandez Ordonez,Elena Ximena,Khattri,Nidhi,Arizti,Pedro,Gonzalez, John Mario,Rogers, Patricia
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The effects of school-based management in the Philippines : an initial assessment using administrative data (English)
This paper estimates the effect of school-based management on student performance in the Philippines using the administrative dataset of all public schools in 23 school districts over a 3-year period...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5248 Document Date: March 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jha,Shreyasi,Khattri,Nidhi,Ling,Cristina Marosan
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Annual evaluation review FY06 : Effectiveness, outcomes, and quality of WBI's learning programs (English)
In support of the Bank's development work, the World Bank Institute's core function is to foster its clients' capacity for generating, disseminating, and using knowledge essential for development success...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 39973 Document Date: April 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Effectiveness and outcomes of WBI activities : results from 12 focus countries (English)
Sustainable development requires capacity building at individual, organizational, and societal levels. The World Bank Institute (WBI) supports World Bank operations by providing learning activities, advisory...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40308 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gunnarson, Victoria,Khattri,Nidhi,Quizon,Jaime B.,Zia,Heidi Shahrzad
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Annual review of World Bank staff learning FYO4 (English)
Knowledge sharing is an integral part of the World Bank's operations. To ensure that staff have the knowledge, skills, and technical expertise to perform Bank duties, the Bank must function as a world-class...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40579 Document Date: April 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Trust Fund Learning and Accreditation Program : short-term impact (English)
Trust funds in the World Bank are financial arrangements whereby bilateral and other external donors provide grants in support of the efficient management and use of trust funds. The Trust Fund Learning...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40578 Document Date: March 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Course features that help participants learn : experience at the World Bank Institute (English)
As a facilitator of global knowledge and learning for development, the World Bank Institute (WBI) offers a range of learning products, many of which are skill-building courses. This paper includes the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40577 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Quality and impact of programs facilitated by the Global Development Learning Network (English)
Knowledge is central to the World Bank's mission of reducing poverty and improving the living standards of people in the developing world, In 1997, the World Bank launched the World Bank Learning Network...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40576 Document Date: December 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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What improves the utility of WBI activities : evidence from five countries (English)
The evaluation summarized in this Brief is a meta-analysis of data from five country studies, supplemented with original data collected from the WBI staff involved in delivering WBI learning activities...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40575 Document Date: November 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Evaluation of the Multisectoral Team Learning Program : phase 3 (English)
Now in its fourth year, the Multisectoral Team Learning Program (MTL) aims to make Bank teams work together more effectively and build both client and staff capacities to address the complex challenges...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 40574 Document Date: October 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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Formative assessment of WBI's capacity enhancement strategy (English)
This report provides a formative assessment of WBI's capacity enhancement (CE) strategy. The report takes as its focus WBI's alignment and integration with Operations, the primary instruments for which...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 40177 Document Date: July 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi,Ouchi,Fumika
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Trust fund learning and accreditation program impact evaluation, FY04 (English)
The Trust Fund Learning and Accreditation Program ("the Program") was developed in response to the Bank's comprehensive trust funds review carried out in 2000. The review identified a pressing need to...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31316 Document Date: July 1, 2004 Author: Han,Daifeng,Khattri,Nidhi,Shi,Zhengfang
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The impact of WBI activities FY02-03 on participants from Kenya : A baseline assessment (English)
The primary goal of the World Bank Institute (WBI) is to provide knowledge services to build institutional capacity in client countries. In FY03, WBI launched a new approach to providing services that...
Document Type: WBI Working Paper Report No.: 31301 Document Date: June 30, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jha,Shreyasi,Khattri,Nidhi,Nikitin,Denis
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A country retrospective study : the impact of WBI activities, FY0-02, on Sri Lankan participants in FY03 (English)
The research reported in this brief is part of a broader initiative. The findings are meant to serve as a baseline data against which future comparisons can be made. Current key findings from Sri Lanka's...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31179 Document Date: May 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khattri,Nidhi
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The impact of World Bank Institute (WBI) activities, FY01-02, on participants from Sri Lanka : a baseline assessment (English)
This evaluation focused on learning activities that participants from Sri Lanka attended in FY01 and 02. It was based on several sources and types of information, including: participant questionnaires...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 31285 Document Date: October 1, 2003 Author: Bachrach,Peter D.,Jiang, Tao,Khattri,Nidhi
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Trust Fund Learning and Accreditation Program (TLAP) : review of exam quality and early evaluation results : Trust Fund Learning and Accreditation Program (TLAP) : review of exam quality and early evaluation results (English)
The purpose of this report is to: (a) Provide a final assessment of the quality of the TLAP exam; and (b) Highlight the initial findings regarding TLAP participants' views of the program, as an early measure...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 31283 Document Date: September 1, 2003 Author: Khattri,Nidhi,Shi,Zhengfang,Palmisano,Maria Bina,Echternacht,Gary
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Trust fund learning and accreditation program pilot formative evaluation (English)
The purpose of this report is to provide a consolidated summary of the evaluation findings from the Trust Fund Learning and Accreditation Program (TLAP) pilot program. The report provides an overview of...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 31201 Document Date: December 20, 2002 Author: Fein,Melissa,Khattri,Nidhi,Palmisano,Maria Bina,Shi,Zhengfang