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What can development finance institutions learn from new growth theories?

Gregory, Neil F. - 2026

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Evaluation of the International Development Association Country Allocation System (Approach Paper)

2026

The International Development Association (IDA) is the largest source of long-term concessional financing for the world’s poorest countries. Since 1960, IDA has delivered more than US$600 billion in grants and credits at low interest rates with long-term maturities, helping client countries...

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The World Bank Group in Ethiopia, Fiscal Years 2013– 23 : Country Program Evaluation

2026

This Country Program Evaluation reviews the World Bank Group’s engagement in Ethiopia during FY2013–FY2023 across three distinct periods: rapid growth with rising macroeconomic imbalances and political unrest (FY13–FY18); government-led openings to economic reform (FY19–FY20); and...

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Delivering Results through a Better World Bank Group : The FY25 Management Action Record - A World Bank Group Management Report on Implementation of IEG Recommendations

2026

Following the 2020 Management Action Record (MAR) reforms, World Bank Group (WBG) Management prepares an annual self-assessment of its progress toward implementing the full range of outstanding Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation recommendations. The purpose of the Management Action...

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IEG50 : Celebrating 50 Years of Independent Evaluation at the World Bank Group

2026

IEG@50: Celebrating 50 Years of Independent Evaluation at The World Bank Group is a commemorative report marking five decades of independent evaluation across the World Bank Group. The report celebrates the legacy of the Operations Evaluation Department and its transformation into the...

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Preferred creditor treatment and multilateral development banks' mobilisation agenda

Humphrey, Chris; Pudussery, Jessica; Dahan, Frédérique - 2026

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MDBs as an asset class

Humphrey, Chris; McHugh, Christopher A. - 2026

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The World Bank Group in Indonesia, Fiscal Years 2013-23 : Country Program Evaluation

2026

This Country Program Evaluation assesses the World Bank Group’s support to Indonesia between FY 2013 and FY23. The evaluation period included three country strategies: the FY13–15 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), the FY16–20 Country Partnership Framework (CPF), and the ongoing FY21–25...

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De-risking investment for sustainable development : the role of development banks and emerging donors

Santos-Paulino, Amelia U.; Sharma, Prachi; Trentini, Claudia - 2026

Development finance institutions (DFIs) play a central role in financing infrastructure for sustainable development, yet their effects on project‑level risk allocation and private capital mobilization remain imperfectly understood. This paper examines how different DFIs and financial...

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Reforming multilateral development banks : perspectives from client countries

Prizzon, Annalisa; Zeka, Fatlum; Gyuzalyan, Hayk; … - 2026

Drawing on nearly 650 government and MDB officials across 125 countries and 250 in-depth interviews in 12 countries. This report arrives at a moment of significantly reduced aid budgets, escalating financing needs, rising sovereign debt, geopolitical tensions and a fragmented development finance...

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An Update of the World Bank’s Childcare Portfolio from 2019-2025

Devercelli, A.; Beaton-Day, F.; Cameron, E.; Yacoub, R. - 2026

Every day, limited access to childcare keeps women out of the workforce, impacts family well-being, restricts economic growth, and leaves many children in unsafe and unstimulating environments. More than 40 percent of children around the world who are below primary-school entry age - nearly 350...

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The World Bank Group Approach Paper on Hydropower Development

2026

Ensuring access to reliable, affordable, and modern energy is central to the World Bank Group’s mission, with hydropower playing a critical role in supporting economic growth, job creation, and essential public services. Hydropower contributes to energy security by providing reliable...

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World Bank Group Support to Jordan : Fiscal Years 2015–25 (Approach Paper)

2026

This Country Program Evaluation assesses the World Bank Group’s support to Jordan during FY15–FY25, focusing on contributions to long-term development objectives under recent Country Partnership Frameworks. It examines two priority areas: private sector–led job creation and social...

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Childcare at the multilateral development banks : expansion, integration, and what's next : an updated review of multilateral development banks' investments, 2021-2024

Harris, Kelsey; Mainali, Astha - 2026

Since CGD's 2021 review of childcare investments at multilateral development banks (MDBs), global attention to childcare has grown, driven by increasing recognition of its role in women's economic empowerment, labor force participation, and broader development outcomes. This paper evaluates how...

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The impact of independence on reported aid performance

Wood, Terence; Howes, Stephen - 2025

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Southern-led multilateral channels for climate finance

Humphrey, Chris - 2025

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How bureaucratic competition shapes foreign aid allocation : the case of South Korea's aid agencies

Whang, Taehee; McLean, Elena V.; Yu, Chamseul - 2025

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Win-win or tradeoff? : investigating the hybridity of impact investing in Cambodia's microfinance industry

Park, Kyungmin; Jun, Hannah - 2025

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The World Bank Group in Nepal, 2014-23

2025

This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and adaptability of the World Bank Group's support to Nepal from FY 2014 through FY23. The evaluation period spans the FY14-18 Country Partnership Strategy and the FY19-24 Country Partnership Framework (CPF). The CPE's...

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Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2024

2025

The 2024 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group report - also known as the RAP- is the fourteenth annual report in the series. The RAP series aggregates and interprets evidence on World Bank Group performance, mainly using IEG's validations of World Bank, International Finance...

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Konzeption und Umsetzung gendertransformativer Ansätze in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Gaesing, Karin; Bliss, Frank; Rosenberg, Carolin - 2025

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Where does the money go? : spatial patterns in the distribution of world bank foreign aid projects

Dannemann, Bernhard Christopher; Gören, Erkan - 2025 - This Version: March 2025

Does foreign aid target the poorest people in developing countries? We examine this question in the context of World Bank foreign aid projects at the local level in 50 countries worldwide. We combine georeferenced data on World Bank foreign aid projects with remote-sensing data on nighttime...

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What makes an MDB an MDB? : southern-led multilateral banks and the sovereign debt crisis

Humphrey, Chris - 2025

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Why target communities remain subjects rather than partners of development agencies in integrated conservation and development projects in Latin America

Busck-Lumholt, Louise Marie; Corbera, Esteve; Mertz, Ole - 2025

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The multilateral development banks and rural climate finance : adaptation, mitigation, and resilience

Bazbauers, Adrian Robert - 2025

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Assessing infrastructure projects funded by World Bank and Chinese financial institutions : a case study of Sri Lanka

Chedid, Clara; Ferré Carracedo, Montserrat; Teruel, … - 2025

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How Western states keep the lead in the World Bank : multipolarity, geopolitics and the World Bank's conflicted attempts at shareholding reform

Vestergaard, Jakob; Wade, Robert - 2025

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Mobilizing Private Capital for Development Through World Bank Group Guarantees, Fiscal Years 2015-24 : An Independent Evaluation (Approach Paper)

Independent Evaluation Group - 2025

The World Bank Group strategy emphasizes that private capital is critical for the investments required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in client countries (World Bank and IMF 2023). A large gap persists between the resources of governments and donors and the investment required...

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The World Bank Group in Georgia, 2014-23

2025

This Country Program Evaluation assesses the performance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support to Georgia in achieving the country's development objectives. In the decade leading up to the evaluation period, Georgia pursued economic reforms to attract critical investments for...

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The World Bank Group in Tanzania, Fiscal Years 2012-22

2025

This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support to Tanzania between Fiscal Years 2012 and 2022. Over the past decade, Tanzania has experienced resilient growth, with an average annual per capita GDP increase of 2.2%. However, poverty remains widespread...

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Concessional but catalytic? : insights on DFI blended concessional finance practice

Attridge, Samantha; Dahan, Frédérique; Getzel, Bianca - 2025

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Blending purpose and profit : how development finance institutions navigate development impact and commercial viability in a rapidly changing institutional environment

Oh, Suhyon - 2025 - First edition

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Chinese contractors and development project quality

Kenny, Charles; Duan, Songtao; Gehan, Zack - 2025

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Conceptualisation and implementation of gender-transformative approaches in development cooperation

Gaesing, Karin; Bliss, Frank; Rosenberg, Carolin - 2025

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Development finance institutions in developing countries : a literature review

Léon, Florian - 2025

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are government-owned entities that play an increasingly important role in supporting private sector projects in developing countries. This paper synthesizes key findings from the academic and grey literature to provide a comprehensive understanding of...

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Financing SMEs in Africa : rethinking the role of development finance institutions

Léon, Florian - 2025

In Africa, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a chronic financing gap that hinders their growth and the continent's economic development. Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are often seen as a solution to bridge this gap, particularly through indirect support to local banks....

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Does the World Bank Group efficiently promote private sector investment? : the case of energy transition

Zattler, Jürgen; Schmieg, Adrian - 2025

Both World Bank shareholders and the Bank’s management have emphasised the need for large-scale private investment to achieve development and climate goals. For the World Bank Group, this means collaborating more closely between its different institutions, an issue that World Bank President...

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Multilateral development banks and financing for development : the role of resource needs reviews

Bhandary, Rishikesh Ram; Gallagher, Kevin; … - 2025

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) play a key role in providing developing countries with affordable, long-term finance. In 2024, to help meet development challenges, the G20 agreed on a roadmap to make the MDBs bigger, better and more effective and recommended MDBs conduct resource needs...

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In-group punishment in international relations : US reactions to the founding of China's AIIB

Qian, Jing; Vreeland, James Raymond; Zhao, Jianzhi - 2025

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Country platforms in the context of rising sovereign debt levels

Gilmour, Archie; Steadman, Shandelle; Cano Prentice, Amy; … - 2025

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Climate finance and new multilateral development banks : approaching co-productive dynamics?

Zeng, Weishen - 2025

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The role of regional multilateral banks in relation to the World Bank : why is it different in Africa?

Boussichas, Matthieu; Pugnet, Clara - 2025

The African Development Fund (ADF) is much less active than the World Bank's IDA in Africa. This predominance of the IDA is only found in Africa. In fact, disbursements by other major regional banks exceed those of the World Bank in their respective regions (Central America and the Caribbean,...

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The World Bank Theme Taxonomy : June 2025

2025

In July 2024, a new Theme Taxonomy was launched for all IBRD/IDA (the Bank) lending operations and Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) products, refreshing and building on the Theme Taxonomy structure that was launched in July 2016. Theme codes are aligned with World Bank Group goals and...

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In Focus : International Development Association (IDA) Countries

2025

This publication showcases practical examples of how countries, with financing from International Development Association (IDA) and technical assistance support funded by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), are turning this vision into reality one project at a time -...

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Building Together : Co-Financing with the World Bank - Progress Report 2025

2025

Co-financing is greater than the sum of its parts. It is not new, but in the last two years, the World Bank has worked to increase co-financing interest and opportunities among its partners-MDBs, bilateral and UN agencies, and philanthropy. Having multiple partners finance the same project...

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World Bank Group Scorecard FY2025

2025

This document presents three different views of the World Bank Group (WBG) Scorecard: (1) WBG scorecard view presents all data at the WBG level for a set of 51 indicators (8 Vision indicators, 22 Client Context indicators, and 21 WBG Results indicators). It provides an overview of the WBG's...

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Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2025 (Concept Note)

2025

The Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2025 (RAP 2025) report presents a two-part review of the lending and non-lending support of the World Bank Group. Part 1 will focus on trends in project- and country-level effectiveness and will be anchored in the Bank Group's Outcomes...

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The World Bank Group Annual Report 2025

2025

The World Bank Group Annual Report 2025 presents on World Bank Group activities in fiscal 2025. The Annual Report is prepared by the Executive Directors of ICSID, IFC, MIGA, and the World Bank (IBRD/IDA) in accordance with the by-laws of the institutions. The President of the World Bank Group...

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The World Bank's MFMod Framework in Python with Modelflow

Burns, Andrew; Hansen, Ib - 2025

MFMod is the World Bank’s work-horse macro-structural economic modeling framework. It exists both as a linked system of 184 country-specific models that can be solved independently or as a larger system (MFMod), and as a series of standalone customized models, known collectively as MFMod...

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Who calls the shots? : development banks and the politics of de-risking in European external finance

Prontera, Andrea; Quitzow, Rainer - 2025

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