World Bank Support to Aging Countries : An Independent Evaluation
Population aging—resulting from falling fertility rates, declining mortality, and increased longevity—shapes the profile and the needs of a growing number of countries. How effective has the World Bank been in tailoring its support to provide an adequate resp...
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| Format: | Evaluation |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/672701626792774286/World-Bank-Support-to-Aging-Countries-An-Independent-Evaluation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36007 |
| Summary: | Population aging—resulting from falling
fertility rates, declining mortality, and increased
longevity—shapes the profile and the needs of a growing
number of countries. How effective has the World Bank been in tailoring
its support to provide an adequate response to this evolving challenge?
This evaluation is the first report from the Independent Evaluation Group to
assess the World Bank’s contribution to diagnosing client countries’ demographic
issues related to population aging; understanding the variance
in policy needs and context specificities; and providing vision, tools, and
resources to respond to challenges in countries at different stages of aging.
This evaluation aims to inform the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive
Directors, management, and staff about the relevance, coherence, and operationalization
of World Bank support to aging countries. The World Bank is
increasingly called on to offer support to respond to the deep socioeconomic
challenges its clients are facing because of population aging. Providing adequate
responses to aging countries will become more of a priority as the phenomenon
accelerates and becomes more prominent in World Bank client countries. |
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