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The World Bank Group A to Z 2016
Earlier editions issued as: A guide to the World Bank.
A Guide to the World Bank
This completely revised and updated third edition provides an accessible and straightforward overview of the World Bank Group's history, organization, mission, and purpose.
Power for Development
This publication evaluates the performance of the World Bank Group (WBG) during the 1990s in promoting private sector development in the electric power sector in 80 countries. Main findings include that where countries showed a commitment to advancing reforms in promoting private sector development and where programmes were properly implemented, the expected benefits were delivered. However, quality of outcomes depended on the objectives pursued and on types of assistance provided, with most countries remaining in the early stages of reform.
A Guide to the World Bank
Following the success of the first edition (with over 12,000 copies sold), the World Bank is publishing this completely revised and updated second edition of the Guide to the World Bank. It provides detailed information on the largest anti-poverty institu
The World Bank Group A to Z 2015
Revised edition of The guide to the World Bank.
World Bank Group Support to Public-Private Partnerships
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are long-term contracts between a private party and a government agency that strive to provide a public asset or service in which the private party bears both some risk and some management responsibility. If implemented well, PPPs can help overcome inadequate infrastructure that constrains economic growth, particularly in developing countries. The use of PPPs has increased in the last two decades; they are now used in more than 134 developing countries, contributing about 15-20 percent of total infrastructure investment. The World Bank Group has expanded its support to PPPs through a wide range of instruments and services. During the last 10 years, its supp...
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2015
The Independent Evaluation Group’s (IEG) Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) is a comprehensive assessment of World Bank Group performance, drawing on recent IEG evaluations. The report also examines how effectively the World Bank Group addressed current and emerging development challenges. This year’s RAP focuses on gender integration in World Bank Group operations, building on previous examinations of World Bank Group approaches to risk management (RAP 2013) and the Millennium Development Goals (RAP 2014). 'No country, community, or economy can achieve its potential or meet the challenges of the 21st century without the full and equal participation of women and men, g...
Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2012
This report addresses IEG s work over the last year, summarizing findings from its evaluations and discussing the trends that are revealed as they relate to the World Bank Group s work. IEG sees that a sharper focus on results and learning from experience are essential
World Bank Group Impact Evaluations
The use of impact evaluat ...
The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility
The World Bank Group was a principal founding partner of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in its pilot phase in 1991, and of the restructured GEF in 1994. The Bank plays three different roles in the GEF: (a) as trustee of the GEF and related trust funds, (b) as implementing agency, including the implementation of private-sector GEF projects by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and (c) as the host organization of the functionally independent GEF secretariat. Focusing primarily on the role of the Bank as an implementing agency, this review documents how the partnership that the GEF and the World Bank Group established in the early 1990s has evolved over time, offers explanation...
