An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005
This evaluation of World Bank research between 1998 and 2005 was carried out by a panel consisting of Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Angus Deaton (Princeton, chair), Nora Lustig (UNDP), and Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard.) The panel selected a large random sampl...
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okr-10986-178962021-04-23T14:03:40Z An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 Banerjee, Abhijit Deaton, Angus Lustig, Nora Rogoff, Ken Hsu, Edward ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACADEMIC STANDARDS ACADEMIC WORK ACCOUNTING ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORTS ARRANGEMENTS ARTICLE ARTICLES BACKGROUND PAPERS BANKS BASIC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY CAREERS CITATION CITATION ANALYSES CITATION ANALYSIS CITATIONS CLASSIFICATION CLEARING HOUSE COMMERCIAL BANKS CONTENTS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DOCUMENTS ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIMENTS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INSURANCE INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE CREATION LEARNING LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MANUSCRIPTS METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MIGRATION ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH PAPERS PENSIONS PRIVATIZATION PROFESSORS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING READING RELIABILITY RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH EXPENDITURES RESEARCH FUNCTIONS RESEARCH FUNDS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH OUTPUT RESEARCH PAPERS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH REPORTS RESEARCH RESULTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RETAINED EARNINGS SCENARIOS SCHOLARS SMALLER NUMBER SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES TRUST FUNDS UNIVERSITIES URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER This evaluation of World Bank research between 1998 and 2005 was carried out by a panel consisting of Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Angus Deaton (Princeton, chair), Nora Lustig (UNDP), and Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard.) The panel selected a large random sample of research projects, which were read and assessed by a team of 25 evaluators. Panel members also solicited views from current and past Bank staff, as well as from policy makers and academics in developing countries. Based on the evidence the authors assembled, the interviews the authors conducted, and their own consideration, the panel concluded that the World Bank needs a research department, and that its research needs cannot be fully met by hiring in from the outside. Research is a central part of quality control in the Bank, and is crucial to its claim to be 'Knowledge Bank.' Without a research-based ability to learn from its projects and policies, the Bank could not maintain its role as the world's leading development agency. The 2.5 percent of its administrative budget that the Bank spends on research is surely too low given the multiplicity of tasks that research is expected to fulfill, including the generation of new knowledge about development, the collection and dissemination of data, the generation of knowledge to support guide Bank strategy, operational support, and capacity building in client countries. As the world becomes richer, and already today among middle income countries, the need for high-quality, research-based advice will only become stronger as the need for Bank lending diminishes. 2014-04-17T16:35:25Z 2014-04-17T16:35:25Z 2006-09-24 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/19231943/evaluation-world-bank-research-1998-2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17896 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACADEMIC STANDARDS ACADEMIC WORK ACCOUNTING ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORTS ARRANGEMENTS ARTICLE ARTICLES BACKGROUND PAPERS BANKS BASIC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY CAREERS CITATION CITATION ANALYSES CITATION ANALYSIS CITATIONS CLASSIFICATION CLEARING HOUSE COMMERCIAL BANKS CONTENTS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DOCUMENTS ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIMENTS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INSURANCE INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE CREATION LEARNING LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MANUSCRIPTS METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MIGRATION ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH PAPERS PENSIONS PRIVATIZATION PROFESSORS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING READING RELIABILITY RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH EXPENDITURES RESEARCH FUNCTIONS RESEARCH FUNDS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH OUTPUT RESEARCH PAPERS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH REPORTS RESEARCH RESULTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RETAINED EARNINGS SCENARIOS SCHOLARS SMALLER NUMBER SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES TRUST FUNDS UNIVERSITIES URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER |
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ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACADEMIC STANDARDS ACADEMIC WORK ACCOUNTING ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORTS ARRANGEMENTS ARTICLE ARTICLES BACKGROUND PAPERS BANKS BASIC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY CAREERS CITATION CITATION ANALYSES CITATION ANALYSIS CITATIONS CLASSIFICATION CLEARING HOUSE COMMERCIAL BANKS CONTENTS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DOCUMENTS ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIMENTS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INSURANCE INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE CREATION LEARNING LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MANUSCRIPTS METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MIGRATION ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH PAPERS PENSIONS PRIVATIZATION PROFESSORS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING READING RELIABILITY RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH CAPACITY RESEARCH EXPENDITURES RESEARCH FUNCTIONS RESEARCH FUNDS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH OUTPUT RESEARCH PAPERS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH REPORTS RESEARCH RESULTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RETAINED EARNINGS SCENARIOS SCHOLARS SMALLER NUMBER SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES TRUST FUNDS UNIVERSITIES URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER Banerjee, Abhijit Deaton, Angus Lustig, Nora Rogoff, Ken Hsu, Edward An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
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This evaluation of World Bank research
between 1998 and 2005 was carried out by a panel consisting
of Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Angus Deaton (Princeton, chair),
Nora Lustig (UNDP), and Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard.) The panel
selected a large random sample of research projects, which
were read and assessed by a team of 25 evaluators. Panel
members also solicited views from current and past Bank
staff, as well as from policy makers and academics in
developing countries. Based on the evidence the authors
assembled, the interviews the authors conducted, and their
own consideration, the panel concluded that the World Bank
needs a research department, and that its research needs
cannot be fully met by hiring in from the outside. Research
is a central part of quality control in the Bank, and is
crucial to its claim to be 'Knowledge Bank.'
Without a research-based ability to learn from its projects
and policies, the Bank could not maintain its role as the
world's leading development agency. The 2.5 percent of
its administrative budget that the Bank spends on research
is surely too low given the multiplicity of tasks that
research is expected to fulfill, including the generation of
new knowledge about development, the collection and
dissemination of data, the generation of knowledge to
support guide Bank strategy, operational support, and
capacity building in client countries. As the world becomes
richer, and already today among middle income countries, the
need for high-quality, research-based advice will only
become stronger as the need for Bank lending diminishes. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
| author |
Banerjee, Abhijit Deaton, Angus Lustig, Nora Rogoff, Ken Hsu, Edward |
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Banerjee, Abhijit Deaton, Angus Lustig, Nora Rogoff, Ken Hsu, Edward |
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Banerjee, Abhijit |
| title |
An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
| title_short |
An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
| title_full |
An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
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An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed |
An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005 |
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evaluation of world bank research, 1998-2005 |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/19231943/evaluation-world-bank-research-1998-2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17896 |
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