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The development potential of regional programs : An evaluation of World Bank support of multicountry operations / World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, IEG.
Lippincott Library HG3881.5.W57 .W69134 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Bank--Evaluation.
- World Bank.
- Economic development projects--Evaluation.
- Economic development projects.
- Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 116 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : World Bank, 2007.
- Summary:
- The need to promote increased trade, prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and ensure adequate water resources are some of the development challenges generating interest in increased regional and sub-regional cooperation. This evaluation seeks to provide guidance on when it is desirable for the Bank to support activities on a regional level, and assesses the effectiveness of both regional programs and the Banks role in supporting them. It comes at a time of increasing interest in regional development programs, supported by recent theoretical work on regional public goods and regional trading arrangements, and calls from groups in the international development community for the Bank to provide more support for multi-country programs (both global and regional).
- Contents:
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Regional cooperation as an approach to development
- The evaluation of World Bank support
- The scope of the Bank's regional program support
- The history
- Development potential of regional programs
- The regional program portfolio
- The Bank's multiple roles
- Regional program strategies
- When does a regional approach make sense?
- How well have Bank-supported regional programs worked?
- The record of effectiveness
- What has worked well, and what has not
- Factors of effective program design and implementation
- Strong country commitment
- Scope matched to national and regional capacities
- Delineation and coordination of responsibilities
- Accountable governance arrangements
- Planning for sustainability
- The Bank's performance in support of regional programs
- Bank performance on factors of program effectiveness
- Bank structures, policies, and processe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
- ISBN:
- 0821369040
- 9780821369043
- 0821369059
- 9780821369050
- OCLC:
- 85766058
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