Assisting Russia's Transition
Assisting Russia's Transition

Author: Gianni Zanini

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780821353820

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This evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank's lending and non-lending assistance to the Russian Federation since 1991, a 10-year period of tumultuous political, economic, and social change. This report concludes that an assistance strategy, concentrating on analytical and advisory services with limited financial support for Russia, would have been more appropriate than one involving large volumes of adjustment lending.

Economies in Transition
Economies in Transition

Author: Alice Galenson

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780821359341

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The Latin American Development Forum promotes debate and disseminates knowledge and analysis on economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Institutional Sponsors of this series are the World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). The transition economies of the Europe and Central Asia Region faced unprecedented political, economic, and social change after me break-up of the Soviet Union. With assistance from the World Bank and other donors, many countries quickly accomplished a number of reforms, but progress in others has been slower. Much has been achieved--"the private share of GDP in the transition countries is nearly 70 percent, and 8 countries have joined the EU--"but much remains to be completed.

World Bank Assistance to the Financial Sector
World Bank Assistance to the Financial Sector

Author: Laurie Effron

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0821366912

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"This report is a synthesis of three evaluations carried out by the Independent Evaluation Group and completed between July 2005 and February 2006, on different aspects of Bank assistance to financial sector development in client countries. The three evaluation reports are World Bank Lending for Lines of Credit: An IEG Evaluation; IEG Review of World Bank Assistance for Financial Sector Reform; and Financial Sector Assessment Program: IEG Review of the Joint World Bank and IMF Initiative. This paper seeks to draw out common themes and issues that have arisen from the three evaluations, which reviewed major components of the Bank's assistance during more than a decade to the financial sectors of client countries."

IEG Review of World Bank Assistance for Financial Sector Reform
IEG Review of World Bank Assistance for Financial Sector Reform

Author: Laurie Effron

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0821363069

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This evaluation presents an independent assessment of the Bank's support for financial sector reforms over the period FY93-03. It assesses the extent to which the objectives of Bank assistance were achieved, including reducing government ownership of financial intermediaries, decreased market concentration, increased competition and efficiency, healthier and more stable financial intermediaries, and deeper, more developed financial systems. It also examines Bank support for financial sector reforms in countries under crisis.

Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems
Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems

Author: Emily S. Andrews

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0821365525

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"Formal pension systems are an important means of reducing poverty among the aged. In recent years, however, pension reform has become a pressing matter, as demographic aging, poor administration, early retirement, and unaffordable benefits have strained pension balances and overall public finances. Pension systems have become a source of macroeconomic instability, a constraint to economic growth, and an ineffective and/or inequitable provider of retirement income."

Country Assistance Evaluation Retrospective
Country Assistance Evaluation Retrospective

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0821363174

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This report is a self-evaluation of the Operations Evaluation Department's (OED) Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs). CAEs examine World Bank performance in a particular country, usually over the past four to five years, and report on its conformity with the relevant Bank Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and on the overall effectiveness of the specific CAS. This Retrospective addresses the question "What Have We Learned?" by compiling lessons relevant for developing country assistance strategies from the most recent batch of CAEs. Second, it assesses revisions to the CAE process.

Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to Pacific Member Countries, 1992-2002
Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to Pacific Member Countries, 1992-2002

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 0821362852

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The nine Pacific Member Countries (PMCs) of the World Bank Group are Fiji Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. This evaluation covers Bank assistance to the PMCs since 1992.

Committing to Results
Committing to Results

Author: Martha Ainsworth

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780821363881

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This evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank's country-level HIV/AIDS assistance defined as policy dialogue, analytic work, and lending with the explicit objective of reducing the scope or impact of the AIDS epidemic. The evaluation identifies findings from this experience and makes recommendations to improve the relevance, efficiency and efficacy of ongoing and future activities. This is the first comprehensive evaluation of the World Bank's HIV/AIDS support to countries, from the beginning of the epidemic through mid-2004. Because the Bank's assistance is for implementation of government programs by government, it provides important insights on how national AIDS programs can be made more effective.

Small States
Small States

Author: Gene Marvin Tidrick

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0821368524

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The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) prepared this synthesis note as an input to the ongoing process surrounding the international agenda for Small States. Its purpose is to provide a perspective on some of the issues small states face through a review of World Bank experience with country and project assistance. The lessons and findings are drawn from IEG Country Assistance Evaluations and Project Performance Assessment Reports, as well as from IEG Reviews of Country Assistance Strategy Completion Reports and Project Implementation Completion Reports.