Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
Since 1989 the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have undertaken massive reforms of their economic systems, transforming institutions, processes, attitudes, and fundamental concepts of individual and organizational behavior. Thi...
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okr-10986-148852021-04-23T14:03:12Z Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance Operations Evaluation Department ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AUDITORS BANK BANK LENDING BANK OPERATIONS BANK SUPERVISION CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CIVIL SOCIETY CLEARANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION DISCLOSURE ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION ENTERPRISE REFORM ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM FINANCIAL SUPPORT INCOME INDEBTEDNESS LARGE ENTERPRISES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MORTALITY OPERATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESENT VALUE PRESENT VALUE OF DEBT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS REFORMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY Since 1989 the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have undertaken massive reforms of their economic systems, transforming institutions, processes, attitudes, and fundamental concepts of individual and organizational behavior. This report uses the benefit of 20/20 hindsight to evaluate the World Bank ' s assistance to 26 countries in the ECA Region in the hopes that the lessons that emerge will prove useful in countries undergoing similar, if less extreme, transitions in the future. It is a meta-evaluation, largely based on previous evaluative reports, including Country Assistance Evaluations, project assessments, and other OED and Bank documents. A number of background papers were commissioned for this study (see Annex B). Five thematic papers provide much of the analysis for this report. Three country papers prepared by consultants and former government officials present the borrowers ' point of view; they are supplemented by borrower comments on OED reports and by client surveys carried out as part of a Bank wide program. Additional material is provided by a review of the literature on international assistance to the transition, a paper on alternative policies for reform, and a description of the privatization process in selected countries from the point of view of a Bank insider. Section 1 of this report reviews World Bank assistance to the transition economies and some of the evaluative evidence on its outcome. Five themes were chosen for fuller review, taking into account their relative importance in the Bank ' s lending program, their relevance to the main goals of transition, and their potential for yielding useful lessons: private sector development; governance, public sector management, and institution building; the financial sector; social protection; and energy. Section 2 summarizes the findings of these reviews. Section 3 presents the lessons and recommendations that emerge. 2013-08-07T21:03:02Z 2013-08-07T21:03:02Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5183063/economies-transition-oed-evaluation-world-bank-assistance 0-8213-5934-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14885 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AUDITORS BANK BANK LENDING BANK OPERATIONS BANK SUPERVISION CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CIVIL SOCIETY CLEARANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION DISCLOSURE ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION ENTERPRISE REFORM ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM FINANCIAL SUPPORT INCOME INDEBTEDNESS LARGE ENTERPRISES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MORTALITY OPERATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESENT VALUE PRESENT VALUE OF DEBT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS REFORMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AUDITORS BANK BANK LENDING BANK OPERATIONS BANK SUPERVISION CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CIVIL SOCIETY CLEARANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION DISCLOSURE ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION ENTERPRISE REFORM ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM FINANCIAL SUPPORT INCOME INDEBTEDNESS LARGE ENTERPRISES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MORTALITY OPERATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESENT VALUE PRESENT VALUE OF DEBT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS REFORMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISORS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY Operations Evaluation Department Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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Since 1989 the transition countries of
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have undertaken massive
reforms of their economic systems, transforming
institutions, processes, attitudes, and fundamental concepts
of individual and organizational behavior. This report uses
the benefit of 20/20 hindsight to evaluate the World Bank
' s assistance to 26 countries in the ECA Region in the
hopes that the lessons that emerge will prove useful in
countries undergoing similar, if less extreme, transitions
in the future. It is a meta-evaluation, largely based on
previous evaluative reports, including Country Assistance
Evaluations, project assessments, and other OED and Bank
documents. A number of background papers were commissioned
for this study (see Annex B). Five thematic papers provide
much of the analysis for this report. Three country papers
prepared by consultants and former government officials
present the borrowers ' point of view; they are
supplemented by borrower comments on OED reports and by
client surveys carried out as part of a Bank wide program.
Additional material is provided by a review of the
literature on international assistance to the transition, a
paper on alternative policies for reform, and a description
of the privatization process in selected countries from the
point of view of a Bank insider. Section 1 of this report
reviews World Bank assistance to the transition economies
and some of the evaluative evidence on its outcome. Five
themes were chosen for fuller review, taking into account
their relative importance in the Bank ' s lending
program, their relevance to the main goals of transition,
and their potential for yielding useful lessons: private
sector development; governance, public sector management,
and institution building; the financial sector; social
protection; and energy. Section 2 summarizes the findings of
these reviews. Section 3 presents the lessons and
recommendations that emerge. |
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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Economies in Transition : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance |
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economies in transition : an oed evaluation of world bank assistance |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5183063/economies-transition-oed-evaluation-world-bank-assistance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14885 |
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