World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years

During the course of 2002-03 the Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED) held a series of major events, including seminars and workshops, leading up to the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of OED by Robert McNamara on July 1, 1973....

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Main Authors: Grasso, Patrick G., Wasty, Sulaiman S., Weaving, Rachel V.
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spelling okr-10986-151282021-06-14T10:56:58Z World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years Grasso, Patrick G. Wasty, Sulaiman S. Weaving, Rachel V. Grasso, Patrick G. Wasty, Sulaiman S. Weaving, Rachel V. OPERATIONS EVALUATION PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA CAPACITY BUILDING INFORMATION DISSEMINATION MONITORING & EVALUATION INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE PROJECT COMPLETION REPORTS IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORTS PROJECT AUDITING PROJECT EVALUATION STANDARDIZATION PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDITING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AID EVALUATION ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE CLIENTS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION PARTNERSHIPS AUTONOMY BENCHMARK VERIFICATION MEASURES KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACTIONS APPRAISAL REPORTS AUDITING AUDITS BENEFICIARIES BUDGETING COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES EVALUATION CAPACITY EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATORS EX POST EVALUATION GRAPHICS IMPROVEMENTS INNOVATION INTERVENTIONS LEARNING OPERATIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROJECT COMPLETION PROJECT CYCLE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDING REDUCING POVERTY SUPERVISION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE During the course of 2002-03 the Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED) held a series of major events, including seminars and workshops, leading up to the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of OED by Robert McNamara on July 1, 1973. This volume captures the history of OED as related by many of those who participated in making that history. It is divided into four sections. The first part is drawn from a series of presentations made by former directors-general, Operations Evaluation, and senior OED managers. It relates, in roughly chronological presentations, the development of OED from an experimental program to a major department with a record of accomplishment and influence within the Bank and beyond. The second part presents perspectives on OED from two of its most important internal constituencies-the Board of Executive Directors and senior Bank management. Part three considers OED's relationships with its external constituents, including its work on developing evaluation capacity among client countries and its evaluation partnerships with other development organizations. Finally, part four presents a forward-looking appraisal of the challenges of development evaluation from three of its leading thinkers. 2013-08-16T18:50:40Z 2013-08-16T18:50:40Z 2003 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2446554/world-bank-operations-evaluation-department-first-30-years 0-8213-5549-X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15128 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
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topic OPERATIONS EVALUATION
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION CRITERIA
CAPACITY BUILDING
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
MONITORING & EVALUATION
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
PROJECT COMPLETION REPORTS
IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORTS
PROJECT AUDITING
PROJECT EVALUATION
STANDARDIZATION
PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDITING
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
AID EVALUATION
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
CLIENTS
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
PARTNERSHIPS
AUTONOMY
BENCHMARK
VERIFICATION MEASURES
KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACTIONS
APPRAISAL REPORTS
AUDITING
AUDITS
BENEFICIARIES
BUDGETING
COST EFFECTIVENESS
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
EVALUATION CAPACITY
EVALUATION METHODS
EVALUATORS
EX POST EVALUATION
GRAPHICS
IMPROVEMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
OPERATIONS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRAMS
PROJECT COMPLETION
PROJECT CYCLE
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RECORDING
REDUCING POVERTY
SUPERVISION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
spellingShingle OPERATIONS EVALUATION
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION CRITERIA
CAPACITY BUILDING
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
MONITORING & EVALUATION
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
PROJECT COMPLETION REPORTS
IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORTS
PROJECT AUDITING
PROJECT EVALUATION
STANDARDIZATION
PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDITING
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
AID EVALUATION
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
CLIENTS
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
PARTNERSHIPS
AUTONOMY
BENCHMARK
VERIFICATION MEASURES
KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACTIONS
APPRAISAL REPORTS
AUDITING
AUDITS
BENEFICIARIES
BUDGETING
COST EFFECTIVENESS
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
EVALUATION CAPACITY
EVALUATION METHODS
EVALUATORS
EX POST EVALUATION
GRAPHICS
IMPROVEMENTS
INNOVATION
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
OPERATIONS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRAMS
PROJECT COMPLETION
PROJECT CYCLE
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RECORDING
REDUCING POVERTY
SUPERVISION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Grasso, Patrick G.
Wasty, Sulaiman S.
Weaving, Rachel V.
World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
description During the course of 2002-03 the Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED) held a series of major events, including seminars and workshops, leading up to the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of OED by Robert McNamara on July 1, 1973. This volume captures the history of OED as related by many of those who participated in making that history. It is divided into four sections. The first part is drawn from a series of presentations made by former directors-general, Operations Evaluation, and senior OED managers. It relates, in roughly chronological presentations, the development of OED from an experimental program to a major department with a record of accomplishment and influence within the Bank and beyond. The second part presents perspectives on OED from two of its most important internal constituencies-the Board of Executive Directors and senior Bank management. Part three considers OED's relationships with its external constituents, including its work on developing evaluation capacity among client countries and its evaluation partnerships with other development organizations. Finally, part four presents a forward-looking appraisal of the challenges of development evaluation from three of its leading thinkers.
author2 Grasso, Patrick G.
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Wasty, Sulaiman S.
Weaving, Rachel V.
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author Grasso, Patrick G.
Wasty, Sulaiman S.
Weaving, Rachel V.
author_sort Grasso, Patrick G.
title World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
title_short World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
title_full World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
title_fullStr World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
title_full_unstemmed World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
title_sort world bank operations evaluation department : the first 30 years
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2446554/world-bank-operations-evaluation-department-first-30-years
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15128
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