IEG—Independent Evaluation GroupThe IEG was established in 1973, and was previously known as the Operations Evaluation Department. It reports to the executive board of the World Bank. Its headquarters are located in Washington D.C. and the current director general is Dr. Vinod Thomas. It is an independent unit within the World Bank designed to assess: the effectiveness of development projects; how projects will be run by a borrower; and the long-term impact of projects on a country's development. It covers both public and private lending. These functions aim to provide objective assessment of the Bank's work and to learn from the experience of projects. Its stated aim is to provide accountability and to disseminate lessons learnt and provide recommendations from evaluations. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 75World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2011Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2011. This page is being updated regularly. read article... IEG annual report slates World Bank's education work highlights problems in health, MENAThe Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) released its annual report at end August, again finding shortfalls and uneven results across the World Bank Group. While the Bank's leadership has steered the institution towards more private sector work, outcomes in the education sector and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have dropped substantially. read article... Big infrastructure, small participation World Bank and G20 push new plansThe World Bank, in conjunction with the G20, is prioritising massive, cross-border infrastructure with private sector involvement, but has failed to involve any local communities. read article... IEG faults IFC poverty focusAn April report by the Bank’s arms-length evaluation unit faults the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Bank’s private sector arm, for failing to pay attention to how its promotion of private sector growth impacts the poor. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2011Analysis of governance reforms and other decisions made at the 2011 World Bank and IMF spring meetings read article... The World Bank's approach to gender mainstreamingThe World Bank's current approach to gender mainstreaming promotes women's empowerment as "smart economics" that serves a dual equality-development purpose. This approach, which largely ignores non-economic sources of gender inequality, has been criticised for its narrow, market-driven focus. read article... IEG reports mixed World Bank effectivenessThe World Bank’s arms-length Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) released its annual report, Results and performance of the World Bank Group in November last year. Whilst the Bank’s own reviews of its performance find its projects to be mostly satisfactory, performance against stated objectives shows “some decline at the World Bank in terms of projects exiting the portfolio in the past three years.” The IEG suggests that this is driven by declines in certain sectors, noting that “current performance has fallen relative to long-term trends in areas such as health, nutrition, and population and even in transport.” read article... The role of the World Bank in carbon marketsThis paper outlines the World Bank's involvement in the carbon market and reviews concerns about its impacts on greenhouse gas emission reductions and development. read article... World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2010Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World bank/IMF annual meetings 2009. This page is being updated regularly. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2010Analysis of governance reforms and other decisions made at the 2010 World Bank and IMF spring meetings read article... |
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