01. Annual Reports & Independent Evaluations

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The World Bank Annual Report 2019: Ending Poverty, Investing in Opportunity

(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2019-10-02) World Bank

The Annual Report is prepared by the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)--collectively known as the World Bank--in accordance with the by-laws of the two institutions. The President of the IBRD and IDA and the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors submits the Report, together with the accompanying administrative budgets and audited financial statements, to the Board of Governors.
GRI Index 2019

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-09) World Bank

The World Bank GRI Index 2019 provides an overview of sustainability considerations within the World Bank`s lending and analytical services as well as its corporate activities. This index of sustainability indicators has been prepared in accordance with the internationally recognized standard for sustainability reporting, the GRI Standards: Core option (https://www.globalreporting.org). The GRI Index covers activities from fiscal year 2019, July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2019, Volume 13

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-04) World Bank

The World Bank’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean has one overriding priority: better lives for its people. All of us working at the Bank dream of a region where people can work and prosper. Where the next generation will live better than the current one; where kids get quality education and mothers quality health care; where individual circumstances at birth such as gender or being born in a rural area do not determine the chances of success in life; and where governments meet the demands of their population for transparency. We all dream of a region where poverty has been eliminated and the development process leads to shared prosperity.
Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2018, Volume 12

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018-10) World Bank

The Latin America and the Caribbean region is growing again after a number of difficult years. However, the recovery is fragile and the prospects for 2018 are falling short of initial expectations due to challenges faced by some of the countries in our region, particularly in South America. These challenges highlight the need to focus on supporting faster and more equitable growth to make sure that the profound social transformation the region experienced during the first decade of the century is protected and expanded. During that time, the commodity boom fueled strong and widespread growth, cutting poverty rates in half. However, the pace of poverty reduction and growth of the middle class has stalled since then. Fortunately, the gains have not been reversed, but many people remain vulnerable to slipping back into poverty.
The World Bank Annual Report 2018

(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018-09-28) World Bank

The Annual Report is prepared by the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)--collectively known as the World Bank--in accordance with the by-laws of the two institutions. The President of the IBRD and IDA and the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors submits the Report, together with the accompanying administrative budgets and audited financial statements, to the Board of Governors.
GRI Index 2018

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018-09) World Bank

The World Bank GRI Index 2018 provides an overview of sustainability considerations within the World Bank`s lending and analytical services as well as its corporate activities. This index of sustainability indicators has been prepared in accordance with the internationally recognized standard for sustainability reporting, the GRI Standards: Core option (https://www.globalreporting.org). The GRI Index covers activities from fiscal year 2018, July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
Accelerating Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Development: Second Progress Report on the Implementation of the Africa Climate Business Plan

(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018-05) World Bank

This report provides an overview of the progress made in 2017 in implementing the Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP), a blueprint for climate action in Sub-Saharan Africa that the World Bank launched during the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in November 2015. This report provides an update on resource mobilization, describes the climate co-benefits provided by the ACBP portfolio, and details implementation progress by ACBP cluster and component. In addition, to better measure and monitor results and inform future project design, it reports on two new pieces of analysis undertaken this year: a review of the ACBP contribution to implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Sub-Sharan Africa’s countries; and a review of the ACBP portfolio from the perspective of its contribution to resilience building (following the resiliencepathways approach).
Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region 2018, Volume 11

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018-04) World Bank

The Latin America and the Caribbean region has turned the corner, growing again after six years of economic slowdown. Economic growth is key to continue making progress on the social front and return to the poverty reduction gains that the region achieved over the first one and a half decades of the new century, when poverty was nearly halved. Moreover, now that growth is picking up it will be possible to focus even more on other areas that are also critical for the development of the region over the long-run, such as human capital, disaster risk management, good governance, and ensuring that the most vulnerable groups in society also benefit from growth.
Accelerating Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Development: Africa Climate Business Plan – Third Implementation Progress Report and Forward Look

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018) World Bank

Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) race to resilience just became more urgent with the release of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report. The Africa region must adapt to the 0.5°C warming of the past 50 years, while at the same time prepare for the intensification of climate change impacts. The good news is that the region is not starting from zero; the bad news is that the current pace of climate action is far from adequate. The Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP) has been a galvanizing platform for climate action since its launch in December 2015, yet it must be even more ambitious in the scale and pace of climate action in the face of a new urgency to manage climate risks and deliver on climate-resilient development. Highlights of the progress up to and including FY18 as well as the main outstanding challenges are summarized here. The report also highlights successful projects that can be replicated, key lessons learned, and reflects on future strategic directions.
The World Bank Annual Report 2017

(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2017-10-06) World Bank

The Annual Report is prepared by the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)--collectively known as the World Bank--in accordance with the by-laws of the two institutions. The President of the IBRD and IDA and the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors submits the Report, together with the accompanying administrative budgets and audited financial statements, to the Board of Governors.