Publication:
Evaluation Insight Note: Elements that Enhance Institutional Capacity Development in World Bank Projects and Country Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-18T16:51:43Z
dc.date.available2023-10-18T16:51:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-18
dc.description.abstractEvaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This EIN draws on Independent Evaluation Group evidence to identify lessons for addressing institutional capacity development needs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Institutions shape how countries foster poverty reduction, support sustainable growth, and respond during crises. World Bank projects and country partnerships operating in challenging contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa routinely integrate and show results in institutional capacity development. Addressing institutional challenges in these and similar contexts involves multiple organizations and is like running through a labyrinth because of the need for quick decisions, unclear processes, shifting objectives, and trial and error. The cases reviewed for this EIN consistently supported institutional reforms in a variety of challenging contexts with, for example, compromised financial systems, corruption, and civil conflict. To help navigate institutional capacity development, this Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) answers the question: How can the World Bank help address institutional capacity development needs in Sub-Saharan Africa based on the body of work of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) from 2008 to 2022 Although an overall framework has not been defined to guide institutional capacity, the World Bank has often usefully diagnosed and addressed institutional capacity development needs by applying the Institutional Change Assessment Method. Using this method helps harness four elements that can enhance both the process and the results of institutional capacity development: (i) Routine integration of institutional capacity development in World Bank projects provides multiple entry points for enhancing processes of institutional change. (ii) Interventions with better institutional capacity development results tend to have higher outcome ratings. This implies that analyses from the Institutional Change Assessment Method can be used to adapt country portfolios in a way that improves outcome ratings. (iii) Because strengthening the ownership of interest groups is the most important dimension of institutional change in World Bank projects and country programs, its prioritization can help enhance results. (iv) Support for commitment, coordination, and cooperation helps improve institutional capacity development processes. (v) Support for commitment, coordination, and cooperation helps improve institutional capacity development processes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099105009262340359/IDU039f5cbba0f873044240b9b901746c923d17c
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40487
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40487
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEvaluation Inisght Note; September 2023
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CHANGE ASSESSMENT METHOD
dc.subjectEVALUATION EVIDENCE
dc.titleEvaluation Insight Noteen
dc.title.subtitleElements that Enhance Institutional Capacity Development in World Bank Projects and Country Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleEvaluation Insight Note: Elements that Enhance Institutional Capacity Development in World Bank Projects and Country Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.date.disclosure2023-09-28
okr.date.lastmodified2023-09-28T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeIEG Evaluation
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099105009262340359/IDU039f5cbba0f873044240b9b901746c923d17c
okr.guid099105009262340359
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-39f5cbba-f873-4424-b9b9-1746c923d17c
okr.identifier.doi10.196/IEG185003
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40487
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34170028
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34170028
okr.identifier.report185003
okr.import.id2019
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099105009262340359/pdf/IDU039f5cbba0f873044240b9b901746c923d17c.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.unitIEG Human Dev & Corporate Prog (IEGHC)
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
IDU039f5cbba0f873044240b9b901746c923d17c.pdf
Size:
472.65 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
IDU039f5cbba0f873044240b9b901746c923d17c.txt
Size:
50.57 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
IEG Independent Evaluations & Annual Reviews