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The Future of Carbon Markets for Climate Change Mitigation
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Join us for a discussion about the future of carbon markets and carbon pricing solutions for global greenhouse gas emission reduction.Join us for a discussion about the future of carbon markets and carbon pricing solutions for global greenhouse gas emission reduction.
Building the next generation of carbon markets for climate change mitigation
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Countries, international organizations, donors, and the private sector have an opportunity to revitalize and strengthen carbon markets to support the greater emission reduction targets set by the Paris Agreement. Countries, international organizations, donors, and the private sector have an opportunity to revitalize and strengthen carbon markets to support the greater emission reduction targets set by the Paris Agreement.
A Return to the World Bank Group
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A new year, a new beginning! A new year, a new beginning!
World Bank Group Support for the Reform of State-Owned Enterprises, 2007-2018: An IEG Evaluation (Approach Paper)
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State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play a critical role in many developing and
emerging economies. Governments use SOEs to pursue economic, social and political
objectives. These can include such objectives as promoting growth in promising sectors or
lagging regions, delivering services to the urban or rural poor or general population,
addressing market failures such as natural monopoly, filling Show MoreState-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play a critical role in many developing and
emerging economies. Governments use SOEs to pursue economic, social and political
objectives. These can include such objectives as promoting growth in promising sectors or
lagging regions, delivering services to the urban or rural poor or general population,
addressing market failures such as natural monopoly, filling perceived market gaps,
financing investments whose size or risk make private investment unlikely, or addressing
issues of heightened national priority or security.
The evaluation will review the experience of the WBG supporting SOE reforms
over the ten-year period 2008-2018. It will: (i) assess the ways in which WBG support to
SOE reform achieved its stated objectives (including the extent to which those objectives
were aligned with the strategies of the Bank Group, country, and relevant sectors); (ii)
identify what worked (success factors and examples of good practice); and (iii) draw lessons
from factors associated with successful and unsuccessful interventions and country
engagements to inform the Bank Group’s future response to needs for SOE support.
Helping the urban poor obtain improved housing and better basic and social support services: Lessons from Bahia, Brazil
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This brief captures the lessons from evaluating a World Bank project implemented in two cities, Salvador and Feira de Santana, in the state of Bahia, Brazil.This brief captures the lessons from evaluating a World Bank project implemented in two cities, Salvador and Feira de Santana, in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
2018 in review: Highlights from IEG’s blogs and evaluations
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A look back at our best blogs from 2018, and a review the evaluations, conversations, and issues we covered over the course of the year.A look back at our best blogs from 2018, and a review the evaluations, conversations, and issues we covered over the course of the year.
Engaging Citizens for Better Development Results
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IEG held a panel discussion about what can be done to further improve the quality and depth of World Bank Group citizen engagement efforts, as well as the factors determining their successful integration into lending instruments, country strategy preparation, and policy formulation. IEG held a panel discussion about what can be done to further improve the quality and depth of World Bank Group citizen engagement efforts, as well as the factors determining their successful integration into lending instruments, country strategy preparation, and policy formulation.
Four things countries can do to support Universal Health Coverage: Insights from a recent evaluation
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How governments and institutions like the World Bank can do more to support progress towards Universal Health Coverage.How governments and institutions like the World Bank can do more to support progress towards Universal Health Coverage.
Five ways to think about quality in evaluation
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Five frameworks to build greater understanding of the building blocks of quality, and to enhance quality in evaluation.Five frameworks to build greater understanding of the building blocks of quality, and to enhance quality in evaluation.
Uruguay: Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Project (PPAR)
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This is a Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group on the Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention Project. The project was selected for a PPAR to capture lessons from one of the first exclusively NCD-focused projects supported by the World Bank.
Ratings for the Noncommunicable Disease Prevention Project are as follows: Show MoreThis is a Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group on the Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention Project. The project was selected for a PPAR to capture lessons from one of the first exclusively NCD-focused projects supported by the World Bank.
Ratings for the Noncommunicable Disease Prevention Project are as follows: Outcome was moderately satisfactory, Risk to Development Outcome was substantial, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory. Four lessons emerged: i) Preventing NCDs requires a multidimensional approach that goes beyond strengthening the role of MSP and health services. ii) Projects implemented during important reform processes must take into consideration the timing of the reform and adjust project expectations and ambitions accordingly. (iii) Projects with a strong focus on capacity building need to be more realistic about what can be achieved within the project lifetime. (iv) Innovative projects like the PPENT should devote more attention to capture learning from implementation.