Publication: Democratic Republic of Congo: Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
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2025-07-02
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2025-10-20
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This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of the World Bank Group’s assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between FY 2013 and FY24. The evaluation seeks to identify lessons to inform future Bank Group engagements in the DRC, including the next CPF, which is due to be approved in 2026. The CPE will assess three areas of the Bank Group's engagement: support for diversifying the DRC’s economy, support for governance reforms, and adaptation of engagement to challenges of fragility and conflict. Education was selected as an illustrative case of both effectiveness in strengthening public financial management and mitigating Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) challenges because improving access and quality in this sector is foundational to the DRC’s path toward sustained development and stability. These areas were chosen based on country diagnostics and analytics; an initial examination of the portfolios of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and preliminary conversations with the Bank Group country team. They were further informed by government strategies throughout the evaluation period.
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