Publication: Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2024 (Concept Note)
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2024-10-28
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2024-10-28
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The Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) report is the annual review of the Bank Group’s operational and country effectiveness that draws on evidence from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). RAP 2024 will be the 14th in the annual series that began in 2010. As in previous RAPs, the report will aggregate and interpret evidence mainly based on IEG’s validations of World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) self-evaluations. The objective of RAP 2024 is to describe trends in the Bank Group’s performance ratings. To meet this objective, like a Corporate Scorecard report, RAP 2024 will present trends, describe changes in trends, and provide a deeper analysis of specific issues based on the IEG validations of Bank Group self-evaluations. Building on previous RAPs, the report will continue to analyze trends in Bank Group operations and country program ratings, outcome types, and factors linked to Bank Group performance of COVID-19–exposed operations. For the IFC investment projects, an analysis will be undertaken to understand the association among development outcome, additionality, and work quality ratings. For country programs, the report will analyze rating trends and conduct an in-depth review of Bank Group performance at the country level.
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“World Bank. 2024. Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2024 (Concept Note). © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42313 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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