The World Bank's Involvement in Global and Regional Partnership Programs : An Independent Assessment
Programs with regional or global reach are increasingly being used to channel funds to specific development needs, reflecting the emergence of new funding sources and in some cases donor distrust of the established multilateral development model to...
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/15889922/world-banks-involvement-global-regional-partnership-programs-independent-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21342 |
| Summary: | Programs with regional or global reach
are increasingly being used to channel funds to specific
development needs, reflecting the emergence of new funding
sources and in some cases donor distrust of the established
multilateral development model to deliver global goods.
Evaluating the contribution of these programs is important
to understanding whether their relevance and effectiveness
live up to their promise and how they contribute to the new
aid architecture. This is third biennial report of the
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) on the World Bankapos;s
involvement in global and regional partnership programs
(GRPPs) since the conclusion of IEGapos;s two-phase
evaluation on this topic in 2004. The first two biennial
reports were discussed at the committee on development
effectiveness subcommittee in May 2006 and March 2008. The
present report is the first one that will be disclosed to
the public reflecting the growing maturity of this line of
IEG's work. This report has been based on the first 17
GPRs that IEG has completed and on interviews with Bank
staff who have been involved in the management and oversight
of GRPPs in central, network, and regional Vice
Presidencies. IEG greatly appreciates the time and insights
provided by those interviewed for this report, including
network and regional staff who confirmed the accuracy of the
basic information provided in the appendixes to this report
on the nearly 120 GRPPs with which the Bank is currently
involved. The objectives of the 17 programs that IEG has
reviewed in depth since 2006 have been highly relevant in
terms of collectively addressing important global and
regional issues, but few have had a well-articulated results
framework. Almost all programs can point to some positive
achievements in terms of outputs. However, the
sustainability of a number of programs and the benefits they
foster is threatened by weak resource mobilization
strategies, failure to keep up with the changing global and
regional context, and difficulties in demonstrating results
at the outcome level. |
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