Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006

In 1996, the World Bank committed itself to becoming a 'global knowledge bank,' using knowledge to improve the development effectiveness of its work. In fiscal 2008, the Bank reiterated its focus on knowledge and learning, naming it as on...

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Main Author: Independent Evaluation Group
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
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ESW
TA
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10587438/using-knowledge-improve-development-effectiveness-evaluation-world-bank-economic-sector-work-technical-assistance-2000-2006
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spelling okr-10986-63172021-04-23T14:02:25Z Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006 Independent Evaluation Group ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT COSTS ADMINISTRATIVE DATA AID COORDINATION BANK LENDING BANK LOAN BANK MANAGEMENT BANK PRODUCTS BANK SERVICES BENEFICIARIES BEST PRACTICES BIASES BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS CALCULATIONS CAS CAS PROCESS CHECKS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CONFIDENCE CONSULTATION PROCESS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COUNTRY ASSISTANCE COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY COUNTRY STRATEGIES COUNTRY TEAMS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DONOR FUNDING ECONOMIC POLICY EQUAL AMOUNTS ESW FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL DEFICIT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GUARANTEE AGENCY IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS KNOWLEDGE GAPS LEGISLATION LITERACY LOAN MANDATES MEDIA MINISTER MONEY LAUNDERING NONLENDING SERVICES NUTRITION POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROCUREMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS QUESTIONNAIRE RESERVE BANK RESERVE BANK OF INDIA RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPONSIBILITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SALE SENIOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUBSIDIARY TA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERRORISM TOTAL COST TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRUST FUNDS UNION URBAN DEVELOPMENT VALUABLE WATER SUPPLY WOMAN In 1996, the World Bank committed itself to becoming a 'global knowledge bank,' using knowledge to improve the development effectiveness of its work. In fiscal 2008, the Bank reiterated its focus on knowledge and learning, naming it as one of its six strategic directions. This evaluation focuses on two of the analytical and advisory activities through which the Bank provides knowledge to its client countries: economic and sector work (ESW) and nonlending technical assistance (TA). This evaluation found that the majority of ESW and TA met their objectives at least to an average extent during fiscal 2000-06, although there were substantial differences across countries and tasks. ESW and TA of higher technical quality were clearly more effective in meeting their objectives. Close collaboration with clients during the process mattered for effectiveness, whether clients actually produced part of the task or not. Sustained follow-up after the completion of the tasks was important for effectiveness. Whether clients requested the tasks did not matter for effectiveness, although all tasks needed to be tailored to client needs and interests to be effective. ESW and TA were less effective in countries where government capacity was lower. Clients in middle-income countries prefer nonlending to lending services, and clients in all countries prefer TA over ESW. 2012-05-22T19:25:18Z 2012-05-22T19:25:18Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10587438/using-knowledge-improve-development-effectiveness-evaluation-world-bank-economic-sector-work-technical-assistance-2000-2006 978-0-8213-7725-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6317 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
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS SYSTEM
ADJUSTMENT
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
AID COORDINATION
BANK LENDING
BANK LOAN
BANK MANAGEMENT
BANK PRODUCTS
BANK SERVICES
BENEFICIARIES
BEST PRACTICES
BIASES
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS
CALCULATIONS
CAS
CAS PROCESS
CHECKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION
CONFIDENCE
CONSULTATION PROCESS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
COUNTRY STRATEGIES
COUNTRY TEAMS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
DONOR FUNDING
ECONOMIC POLICY
EQUAL AMOUNTS
ESW
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FISCAL DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GUARANTEE AGENCY
IMPACT EVALUATION
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
LEGISLATION
LITERACY
LOAN
MANDATES
MEDIA
MINISTER
MONEY LAUNDERING
NONLENDING SERVICES
NUTRITION
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
QUESTIONNAIRE
RESERVE BANK
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPONSIBILITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
SALE
SENIOR
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDERS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SUBSIDIARY
TA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORISM
TOTAL COST
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRUST FUNDS
UNION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VALUABLE
WATER SUPPLY
WOMAN
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS SYSTEM
ADJUSTMENT
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
AID COORDINATION
BANK LENDING
BANK LOAN
BANK MANAGEMENT
BANK PRODUCTS
BANK SERVICES
BENEFICIARIES
BEST PRACTICES
BIASES
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS
CALCULATIONS
CAS
CAS PROCESS
CHECKS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION
CONFIDENCE
CONSULTATION PROCESS
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
COUNTRY STRATEGIES
COUNTRY TEAMS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
DONOR FUNDING
ECONOMIC POLICY
EQUAL AMOUNTS
ESW
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FISCAL DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT POLICY
GUARANTEE AGENCY
IMPACT EVALUATION
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
LEGISLATION
LITERACY
LOAN
MANDATES
MEDIA
MINISTER
MONEY LAUNDERING
NONLENDING SERVICES
NUTRITION
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
QUESTIONNAIRE
RESERVE BANK
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPONSIBILITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
SALE
SENIOR
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDERS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SUBSIDIARY
TA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORISM
TOTAL COST
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRUST FUNDS
UNION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VALUABLE
WATER SUPPLY
WOMAN
Independent Evaluation Group
Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
description In 1996, the World Bank committed itself to becoming a 'global knowledge bank,' using knowledge to improve the development effectiveness of its work. In fiscal 2008, the Bank reiterated its focus on knowledge and learning, naming it as one of its six strategic directions. This evaluation focuses on two of the analytical and advisory activities through which the Bank provides knowledge to its client countries: economic and sector work (ESW) and nonlending technical assistance (TA). This evaluation found that the majority of ESW and TA met their objectives at least to an average extent during fiscal 2000-06, although there were substantial differences across countries and tasks. ESW and TA of higher technical quality were clearly more effective in meeting their objectives. Close collaboration with clients during the process mattered for effectiveness, whether clients actually produced part of the task or not. Sustained follow-up after the completion of the tasks was important for effectiveness. Whether clients requested the tasks did not matter for effectiveness, although all tasks needed to be tailored to client needs and interests to be effective. ESW and TA were less effective in countries where government capacity was lower. Clients in middle-income countries prefer nonlending to lending services, and clients in all countries prefer TA over ESW.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Independent Evaluation Group
author_facet Independent Evaluation Group
author_sort Independent Evaluation Group
title Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
title_short Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
title_full Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
title_fullStr Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
title_full_unstemmed Using Knowledge to Improve Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of World Bank Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance, 2000-2006
title_sort using knowledge to improve development effectiveness : an evaluation of world bank economic and sector work and technical assistance, 2000-2006
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10587438/using-knowledge-improve-development-effectiveness-evaluation-world-bank-economic-sector-work-technical-assistance-2000-2006
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6317
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