Publication: World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years
Date
2003
ISSN
Published
2003
Author(s)
Grasso, Patrick G.
Wasty, Sulaiman S.
Weaving, Rachel V.
Abstract
During the course of 2002-03 the
Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED) held a
series of major events, including seminars and workshops,
leading up to the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of
OED by Robert McNamara on July 1, 1973. This volume captures
the history of OED as related by many of those who
participated in making that history. It is divided into four
sections. The first part is drawn from a series of
presentations made by former directors-general, Operations
Evaluation, and senior OED managers. It relates, in roughly
chronological presentations, the development of OED from an
experimental program to a major department with a record of
accomplishment and influence within the Bank and beyond. The
second part presents perspectives on OED from two of its
most important internal constituencies-the Board of
Executive Directors and senior Bank management. Part three
considers OED's relationships with its external
constituents, including its work on developing evaluation
capacity among client countries and its evaluation
partnerships with other development organizations. Finally,
part four presents a forward-looking appraisal of the
challenges of development evaluation from three of its
leading thinkers.
Citation
“Grasso, Patrick G.; Wasty, Sulaiman S.; Weaving, Rachel V.. 2003. World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/afcf5f35-efb9-5be7-b925-8ed33740e6aa License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”