Publication: 2022 Independent Evaluation Group Validation of the Management Action Record
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This document is Independent Evaluation Group’s (IEG) validation of the report entitled “Enhancing evidence-based learning for outcomes through the Management Action Record: A World Bank Group Management Report on Implementation of IEG Recommendations”. The Management Action Record (MAR) system supports accountability and learning in the follow-up of IEG evaluation recommendations by enabling meaningful tracking, self-assessment, and validation of Bank Group management’s implementation of IEG recommendations. The validation document covers IEG’s synthesis of progress toward achieving IEG evaluations’ intended outcomes and its assessment of the approach and evidence in management’s MAR report.
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“World Bank. 2022. 2022 Independent Evaluation Group Validation of the Management Action Record. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38347 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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