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Title World Bank Group assistance to low-income fragile and conflict-affected states : an independent evaluation
Published Washington, DC : World Bank, [2014]

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Contents Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Overview; Management Response; Management Action Record; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness; Statement of the External Advisory Panel; 1. Introduction and Methodology; Purpose, Coverage, and Evaluation Questions; Tables; 1.1 Categorization of IDA-Only Countries; Poverty and Growth in FCS; Figures; 1.1 Average GDP per Capita in FCS and Never FCS IDA Countries; Bank Group Actions to Enhance Support to FCS; 1.2 Results Chain of World Bank Group Assistance to FCS; Conceptual Evolution of Bank Group Approach
Evaluation FrameworkEvaluation Methodology; Organization of the Report; 2. World Bank Group Country Assistance Strategies in FCS; Relevance of Country Assistance Strategies in FCS; Boxes; 2.1 Findings from the CCSD Self-Assessment of CASs and ISNs; Effectiveness of Bank Group Strategies; 2.1 Country Assistance Strategy Completion Report Review Ratings (FY07-13); 2.1 Average Annual per Capita IDA and Overall ODA Allocation for FCS Case Study Countries; IDA Financing for FCS; 2.2 Development Policy Lending as a Share of Total IDA Commitments (3-year moving average)
2.3 Change in CPIA Ratings by Number of Years with DPLsConclusions; 3. Bank Group Portfolio and Performance; Bank Operations in FCS; 3.1 IDA Commitments in FCS and Non-FCS IDA-Only Countries; 3.2 Percentage of Projects and Commitment Volume Rated Moderately Satisfactory or Higher at Exit (3-year moving average); 3.3 Percentage of Commitment Volume Rated Moderately Satisfactory or Higher at Exit (3-year moving average)
3.4 Investment Project Outcome Ratings at Exit in Always FCS in the Africa Region versus FCS in Other Regions (percent of projects rated moderately satisfactory or better, 3-year moving average)World Bank Support for Analytical and Advisory Activities; Bank Group Support for Private Sector Development; 3.5 Share of IFC Advisory Services Expenditures in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States; 3.6 MIGA Portfolio (3-year moving average); Portfolio Effectiveness; 4. Bank Support for Building State Capacity; Investing in Building State Capacity; Public Expenditure Management
4.1 Presence of Reform Categories in Projects for Core Public Sector Activities4.2 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Ratings for Country Case Studies; Procurement; Revenue Collection and Management; 4.1 Procurement Issues in FCS; 4.3 Tax Revenue as Percentage of GDP; 4.4 Effectiveness of World Bank Support for FCS Countries along the NRM Value Chain; Civil Service Reform; 4.5 Civil Service Reforms in FCS Countries (FY01-12); Decentralization; 4.6 Decentralization Reforms in FCS Countries (FY01-12); Conclusions; 5. Bank Support for Building Capacity of Citizens
Summary Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) have become an important focus of World Bank Group assistance in recent years as recognition of the linkages between fragility, conflict, violence, and poverty has grown. Addressing issues of recurring conflict and political violence and helping build legitimate and accountable state institutions are central to the Bank Group's poverty reduction mission. This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank Group country strategies and assistance programs to FCS. The operationalization of the World Development Report 2011: Conflict, S
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Subject Economic assistance -- Developing countries
Poverty -- Developing countries
Economic development -- Developing countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Economic assistance
Economic development
Poverty
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author World Bank.
LC no. 2014027075
ISBN 9781464802195
146480219X
1464802181
9781464802188