The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations
This systematic review is an effort to fill the knowledge gap about the effectiveness of PrivateSector Development (PSD) interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS). Theobjective of the review is to identify and extract evidence...
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okr-10986-284972021-05-25T09:04:22Z The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations Liu, Chaoying Harwit, Emily PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PSD FRAGILE STATES This systematic review is an effort to fill the knowledge gap about the effectiveness of PrivateSector Development (PSD) interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS). Theobjective of the review is to identify and extract evidence from published evaluations of PSDinterventions in FCS on what has or has not worked in terms of achieving development results,including contributions to peace and stability. The review identified 312 published evaluations of PSD interventions carried out between 2005 and 2014, of which 56 constituted the final data set for the review analysis. The review covered evaluations in 23 countries classified as FCS by the World Bank from 2005-14 and three other countries that experienced conflict. Annex 1 shows how each of the 23 countries were categorized according to the country’s conflict status from the FCS list. In summarizing the evidence, we defined ‘effectiveness’ as how external evaluators measuredthe degree of success in attaining the planned results and objectives of PSD projects in FCS.Project effectiveness was measured within four business lines: SME support, infrastructure,access to finance and investment climate reform. The evaluability, or the ability of evaluators to determine how well projects were implemented, was weak in some projects under review. For example, in 25 percent of the evaluated projects, outcomes were either poorly defined or not appropriate. In addition, the basis for determining success across individual projects was not always clear because projects sometimes defined outputs and outcomes differently, even when long and short-term results were achieved. This limited our ability to appropriately catalog the projects’ evidence in a consistent and clear manner. 2017-10-11T16:01:47Z 2017-10-11T16:01:47Z 2016-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113211506499860917/The-effectiveness-of-private-sector-development-interventions-in-fragile-and-conflict-affected-situations-evidence-from-evaluations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28497 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. Economic & Sector Work :: Private Sector Development, Privatization, and Industrial Policy Economic & Sector Work |
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PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PSD FRAGILE STATES Liu, Chaoying Harwit, Emily The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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This systematic review is an effort to
fill the knowledge gap about the effectiveness of
PrivateSector Development (PSD) interventions in Fragile and
Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS). Theobjective of the
review is to identify and extract evidence from published
evaluations of PSDinterventions in FCS on what has or has
not worked in terms of achieving development
results,including contributions to peace and stability. The
review identified 312 published evaluations of PSD
interventions carried out between 2005 and 2014, of which 56
constituted the final data set for the review analysis. The
review covered evaluations in 23 countries classified as FCS
by the World Bank from 2005-14 and three other countries
that experienced conflict. Annex 1 shows how each of the 23
countries were categorized according to the country’s
conflict status from the FCS list. In summarizing the
evidence, we defined ‘effectiveness’ as how external
evaluators measuredthe degree of success in attaining the
planned results and objectives of PSD projects in
FCS.Project effectiveness was measured within four business
lines: SME support, infrastructure,access to finance and
investment climate reform. The evaluability, or the ability
of evaluators to determine how well projects were
implemented, was weak in some projects under review. For
example, in 25 percent of the evaluated projects, outcomes
were either poorly defined or not appropriate. In addition,
the basis for determining success across individual projects
was not always clear because projects sometimes defined
outputs and outcomes differently, even when long and
short-term results were achieved. This limited our ability
to appropriately catalog the projects’ evidence in a
consistent and clear manner. |
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Liu, Chaoying Harwit, Emily |
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Liu, Chaoying Harwit, Emily |
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The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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The Effectiveness of Private Sector Development Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Evidence from Evaluations |
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effectiveness of private sector development interventions in fragile and conflict-affected situations : evidence from evaluations |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113211506499860917/The-effectiveness-of-private-sector-development-interventions-in-fragile-and-conflict-affected-situations-evidence-from-evaluations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28497 |
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