Enhancing the Effectiveness of the World Bank’s Global Footprint : An Independent Evaluation

*May 5, 2022: New version includes Green Sheet* The World Bank aims to further expand and adjust its global footprint by the mid-2020s, especially in lower-income countries and those affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099258104112270653/IDU06596ae8a038c704b2609209071cac478fd04
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37334
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Summary:*May 5, 2022: New version includes Green Sheet* The World Bank aims to further expand and adjust its global footprint by the mid-2020s, especially in lower-income countries and those affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). This first-of-its-kind evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank’s past decentralization efforts in a systematic way to inform the new expansion of the World Bank’s global footprint. Decentralization refers to the World Bank’s efforts to expand its global footprint by moving more staff, especially staff with operational and decision-making duties, to the field. The report examines the benefits and challenges of staff decentralization and makes recommendations to improve its process and outcomes, while also preserving the Bank’s global nature, which is one of its comparative strengths.