Publication: Ethiopia Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper)
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2024-01-16
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2024-01-16
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The objective of this Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is to assess how well the World Bank Group supported Ethiopia in addressing key challenges that constrained its development and how that support adapted over time to respond to changing circumstances, an evolving relationship, and lessons from experience. The evaluation will cover fiscal years (FY)13–23. The time period is selected to include the last two Bank Group strategies to support Ethiopia and coincides with the period of theprevious two political administrations. The evaluation aims to inform the next Bank Group–supported Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Ethiopia expected in FY25.
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“Independent Evaluation Group. 2024. Ethiopia Country Program Evaluation (Approach Paper). © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40887 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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