01. Annual Reports & Independent Evaluations

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FY 2022 Panama Country Opinion Survey Report

(Washington, DC, 2023-05-08) World Bank Group

The Country Opinion Survey in Panama assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Panama perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Panama on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Panama; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Panama; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Panama; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Panama.
The World Bank’s Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response - An Early-Stage Evaluation

(Washington, DC, 2022-11-15) World Bank

This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank’s early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps toward recovery, focusing on the health and social response. It concentrates on the relief stage and support to restructure systems in the first 15 months of the pandemic (February 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021) in 106 countries. A parallel Independent Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess the quality of the response, the evaluation is guided by a theory of action that synthesizes evidence in three dimensions: relevance of support to the needs of countries; implementation, learning, and adjustment; and operational policy and partnerships to support smooth responses in countries. As the response is ongoing, the evaluation does not assess effectiveness but considers early results and pathways that are expected to lead to outcomes. The findings from the evaluation inform four recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank’s crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the resilience of essential health and education. (ii) Apply a gender equality lens to health and social crisis response actions across sectors. (iii) Help countries strengthen regional cooperation and crisis response capacities for public health preparedness. (iv) Build on the COVID-19 experience to strengthen the World Bank’s internal crisis preparedness so that it has the tools and procedures ready to respond in future emergencies.
Evaluation Insight Note: Transport Decarbonization

(Washington, DC, 2022-11) World Bank

Transport is a priority action area under the World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan. Climate action in the transport sector is essential as the sector emits approximately 24 percent of the global total of energy-related carbon emissions and, without aggressive measures, the World Bank expects emissions from transport to grow 60 percent by 2050. This EIN was guided by the overall question: How has the World Bank been approaching transport decarbonization To answer this question, the note uses existing evidence from the self-evaluation system of the World Bank, including Implementation Completion and Results Reports prepared by the project teams and the associated Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) validations, relevant information from other project documents, literature from policy and academic sources, advisory services and analytics, country strategies, and existing IEG evaluations. This systematic review provided the basis for four main insights into the current patterns of World Bank work on transport decarbonization and the identification of a range of potential actions to exploit opportunities for decarbonization: (i) The World Bank has steadily increased the number of projects with decarbonization content, especially in low income countries, and has recently put together a strong knowledge base on transport decarbonization. (ii) Nevertheless, transport decarbonization in World Bank lending remains timid against the needed contributions to the Climate Change Action Plan. (iii) Country-specific decarbonization diagnostics and analytical work has been limited, and transport decarbonization seldom makes it onto the World Bank’s strategic country agenda. (iv) The World Bank has rarely measured transport decarbonization directly.
FY 2022 Rwanda Country Opinion Survey Report

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-11) World Bank Group

The country opinion survey in Rwanda assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Rwanda perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Rwanda on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Rwanda; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Rwanda; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Rwanda; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Rwanda.
2022 Independent Evaluation Group Validation of the Management Action Record

(Washington, DC, 2022-10-05) World Bank

This document is Independent Evaluation Group’s (IEG) validation of the report entitled “Enhancing evidence-based learning for outcomes through the Management Action Record: A World Bank Group Management Report on Implementation of IEG Recommendations”. The Management Action Record (MAR) system supports accountability and learning in the follow-up of IEG evaluation recommendations by enabling meaningful tracking, self-assessment, and validation of Bank Group management’s implementation of IEG recommendations. The validation document covers IEG’s synthesis of progress toward achieving IEG evaluations’ intended outcomes and its assessment of the approach and evidence in management’s MAR report.
FY 2022 Ecuador Country Opinion Survey Report

(Washington, DC, 2022-10) World Bank Group

The country opinion survey in Ecuador assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Ecuador perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Ecuador on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Ecuador; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Ecuador; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Ecuador; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Ecuador.
FY 2022 Kosovo Country Opinion Survey Report

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-10) World Bank Group

The country opinion survey in Kosovo assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Kosovo perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Kosovo on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Kosovo; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Kosovo; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Kosovo; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Kosovo.
FY 2022 Philippines Country Opinion Survey Report

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-10) World Bank Group

The country opinion survey in Philippines assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Philippines perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Philippines on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Philippines; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Philippines; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Philippines; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Philippines.
FY 2022 Niger Country Opinion Survey Report

(Washington, DC, 2022-10) World Bank Group

The country opinion survey in Niger assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Niger perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Niger on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Niger; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Niger; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Niger; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Niger.
FY 2022 Bulgaria Country Opinion Survey Report

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-09) World Bank Group

This survey was designed to assist the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Bulgaria perceive the WBG. The survey explored the following questions: (1) what opinion do key stakeholders have of the WBG when it comes to its effectiveness, relevance, alignment with Bulgaria’s development priorities, and other key indicators Are opinions improving or declining (2) what areas of development are perceived to be the most important Have the priorities changed over the past three years (3) how the WBG is perceived as a development partner Are opinions improving or declining (4) what do key stakeholder value the most, and the least when it comes to the WBGs work at the country level What are the priorities looking forward (5) are stakeholders familiar with the WBG’s financial products Are there differences among stakeholder groups in terms of familiarity (6) what opinion do key stakeholders have of the WBG knowledge products and their quality Are opinions improving or declining and (7) what are the preferred communication channels and which channels are reported to be used the most Are there differences among stakeholder groups in terms of preferred channels