India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation
This country assitance evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance to India during the 1990s. The Bank has been India's largest source of external long-term capital and has financed a sizable share of its public...
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okr-10986-139642021-04-23T14:03:10Z India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation Zanini, Gianni ACCOUNTABILITY ANALYTICAL WORK CAS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS EXECUTION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIER FISCAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL REFORM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT LEVELS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GROWTH RATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION JUDICIAL REFORM LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL INSTITUTIONS NUTRITION POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PROJECT EVALUATION PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECTORS STATE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM STRUCTURAL REFORMS TEAM MEMBERS URBAN DEVELOPMENT REFORM IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS PROJECT PERFORMANCE LENDING PRIORITIES LENDING STRATEGY ANALYSIS AID COORDINATION ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY PILOT PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK POVERTY MONITORING GENDER BASED LENDING PARTNERSHIPS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY DIALOGUES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION RESETTLEMENT SUPERVISION SAFEGUARDS GOVERNANCE This country assitance evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance to India during the 1990s. The Bank has been India's largest source of external long-term capital and has financed a sizable share of its public investment. Its lending and nonlending services have been thinly spread over many central and state agencies and have addressed many different objectives. Overall the strategic goals of the Bank during the decade were relevant and the design of the assitance strategy improved. Efficacy is rated as modest, mainly because of the Bank's limited impact on fiscal and other structural reforms, the failure to develop an effective assistance strategy for rural poverty reduction, and the mediocre quality of projects at exit. Institutional development impact has also been modest and sustainability incertain, given the serious remaining fiscal imbalances, high environmental costs, and governance weaknesses. Taken together, these ratings gauge the overall outcome of assistance for the decade as moderately satisfactory. But these ratings must be viewed in light of the recent, subtantial improvement in the relevance of the assistance strategy, largely prompted by the innovations embodied in the 1997 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS). The focus on poverty reduction has been sharpened, a more selective approach to state assistance put in place, and greater attention given to governance and institutions, although it is still too early to judge efficacy. 2013-06-17T17:17:06Z 2013-06-17T17:17:06Z 2001-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1490207/india-country-assistance-evaluation-challenges-development 0-8213-4968-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13964 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia India |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ANALYTICAL WORK CAS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS EXECUTION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIER FISCAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL REFORM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT LEVELS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GROWTH RATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION JUDICIAL REFORM LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL INSTITUTIONS NUTRITION POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PROJECT EVALUATION PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECTORS STATE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM STRUCTURAL REFORMS TEAM MEMBERS URBAN DEVELOPMENT REFORM IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS PROJECT PERFORMANCE LENDING PRIORITIES LENDING STRATEGY ANALYSIS AID COORDINATION ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY PILOT PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK POVERTY MONITORING GENDER BASED LENDING PARTNERSHIPS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY DIALOGUES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION RESETTLEMENT SUPERVISION SAFEGUARDS GOVERNANCE |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ANALYTICAL WORK CAS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS EXECUTION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIER FISCAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL REFORM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT LEVELS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GROWTH RATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION JUDICIAL REFORM LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL INSTITUTIONS NUTRITION POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PROJECT EVALUATION PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECTORS STATE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM STRUCTURAL REFORMS TEAM MEMBERS URBAN DEVELOPMENT REFORM IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS PROJECT PERFORMANCE LENDING PRIORITIES LENDING STRATEGY ANALYSIS AID COORDINATION ECONOMIC & SECTOR WORK COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY PILOT PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK POVERTY MONITORING GENDER BASED LENDING PARTNERSHIPS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POLICY DIALOGUES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION RESETTLEMENT SUPERVISION SAFEGUARDS GOVERNANCE Zanini, Gianni India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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This country assitance evaluation
assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank
assistance to India during the 1990s. The Bank has been
India's largest source of external long-term capital
and has financed a sizable share of its public investment.
Its lending and nonlending services have been thinly spread
over many central and state agencies and have addressed many
different objectives. Overall the strategic goals of the
Bank during the decade were relevant and the design of the
assitance strategy improved. Efficacy is rated as modest,
mainly because of the Bank's limited impact on fiscal
and other structural reforms, the failure to develop an
effective assistance strategy for rural poverty reduction,
and the mediocre quality of projects at exit. Institutional
development impact has also been modest and sustainability
incertain, given the serious remaining fiscal imbalances,
high environmental costs, and governance weaknesses. Taken
together, these ratings gauge the overall outcome of
assistance for the decade as moderately satisfactory. But
these ratings must be viewed in light of the recent,
subtantial improvement in the relevance of the assistance
strategy, largely prompted by the innovations embodied in
the 1997 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS). The focus on
poverty reduction has been sharpened, a more selective
approach to state assistance put in place, and greater
attention given to governance and institutions, although it
is still too early to judge efficacy. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Zanini, Gianni |
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Zanini, Gianni |
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Zanini, Gianni |
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India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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India : The Challenges of Development, A Country Assistance Evaluation |
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india : the challenges of development, a country assistance evaluation |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1490207/india-country-assistance-evaluation-challenges-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13964 |
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