As evaluators, what can we do to provide the most value for money from our evaluations? This is a question that matters not just for evaluators, but for the clients that commission these evaluations and...
In a recent blog series, Caroline Heider, Director General Evaluation at the World Bank Group shared her thoughts on the time is ripe for the evaluation community to revisit the evaluation criteria that...
At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, world leaders endorsed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Placing economic...
The objective of this review is to synthesize existing evaluative evidence and generate new evidence on the quality of the Results Frameworks (RFs) of development policy operations (DPOs). The study is...
Kazakhstan made steady progress on poverty reduction and social development during the review period, driven by impressive economic growth and rising hydrocarbon prices. Yet, the country continues to grapple...
In FY15, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) delivered seven major evaluations, 39 Project Performance Appraisal Reports (PPARs), a record breaking 370 Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR)...
From 2004 to 2012, Zambia experienced a combination of good economic policies and high rates of growth not seen since the early years after its independence. While growth was mainly driven by rising copper...
Knowledge, learning, and innovation are one of eight objectives that will be monitored in the Bank's new strategy. The independent evaluation group (IEG) is conducting a program of learning and results...