Publication: World Bank Group Support to Ghana, Fiscal Years 2013–23 (Approach Paper)
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2024-10-28
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2024-10-28
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This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of World Bank Group support to Ghana in achieving its development objectives between fiscal years (FY)13 and FY23. The evaluation period spans two Bank Group–supported country strategies—the FY13–16 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), which was extended by two years to FY18, and the current FY22–26 Country Partnership Framework (CPF). The CPE will assess the relevance, coherence, and efficacy of the Bank Group support to help Ghana tackle its main development challenges, including by examining how the Bank Group adapted its engagement in response to changing conditions, priorities, and lessons from experience. In addition to assessing the evolution of the overarching strategy of support and its implementation and impact, the evaluation will assess the Bank Group’s contribution to supporting Ghana in terms of three important thematic challenges faced over the evaluation period.
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“World Bank. 2024. World Bank Group Support to Ghana, Fiscal Years 2013–23 (Approach Paper). © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42311 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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