| The Operations Evaluation Department (OED), the independent evaluation office within the World Bank, recently launched its new publication, Addressing the Challenges of Globalization at the World Bank InfoShop in Washington, DC. Based on lessons derived from studies of 26 of the 70 Bank-supported global programs, the report draws cross-cutting lessons about the design, implementation and evaluation of such programs. The report stresses two points: first, the need for an overall Bank strategy for high-priority, well-funded, global public goods programs, based on a consultative process involving key partners; and second, the importance of improved management of a more selective portfolio, with strong results orientation and linkage to country operations.
The findings of the study were presented by Gregory Ingram, Director-General of OED and Uma Lele, Task Manger for the Report and Senior Advisor at OED. Comments were provided by Kevin Cleaver, Sector Director for the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development Unit. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period. Topics addressed included tradeoffs in global programs, the signaling effects of the two-window approach to global program lending, and the Bank’s relationship with other global program actors, such as the Global Fund.
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