2003 annual review of development effectiveness : the effectiveness of bank support for policy reform

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820494303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08413-8; 9786610084135; 1-4175-3428-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 pages)
• Collana: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
• Soggetti: Banks and banking; Organizational effectiveness
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Development Policy Reform -- Policy Reform Is Difficult Business -- Are Developing Countries' Policies Improving? -- Why and How Does the Bank Support Policy Reform? -- 2 Ownership: Linking Bank Support to Policy Reform -- Is Bank Support Linked to Policy Reform? -- How Does the Bank Handle the "Tough Cases"? -- Are Partnership Approaches Working? -- 3 Country Fit: Adapting Bank Support to Country Conditions -- Do Bank Country Strategies "Fit"? -- Is the Bank Effective in Advancing Corporate Advocacy Priorities and Harnessing Global Knowledge? -- 4 Conclusions -- The Bank Has Been Reasonably Good at Aligning Its Support with Countries That Are Improving Their Policies -- The Bank's Record In Customizing Its Support for Reform to Client Needs Is Mixed -- Implications for the Future -- Appendix: Project Performance Results -- Annexes -- A: Indicators of Economic Policies -- B: Technical Notes -- C: World Bank Operational Instruments -- D: Outcomes and Bank Contributions to Country Cases Listed in Figure 2.2 -- E: Effectiveness of Bank Support for Policy Reform: An Overview from the CODE Chairperson -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Boxes -- 1.1 Indicators of Country Policies -- 1.2 Yemen Improved Its Macroeconomic Policies after Emerging from Conflict -- 1.3 Brazil's ; Policies Were Highly Rated, but Its Growth Was Disappointing -- 1.4 Customizing Policies to Country Contexts -- 2.1 The Bank Definition of a "Relatively Good" Policy Environment -- 2.2 Bank Support Contributed to Improved Educational Outcomes in Ghana -- 2.3 Conflicting Incentives Sometimes Make Conditionality Difficult to Enforce -- 2.4 Outcomes-Based Conditionality Shows Promise in a Pilot in Burkina Faso -- 2.5 CDF Principles Foster Country-Owned Strategies.; 3.1 The Uncertainties of Policy Reform Depend on the Policy Area -- 3.2 Adapting Support to Policy Reform Styles in Tunisia -- 3.3 Bank Support for Policy Reform in China Relies Primarily on Dialogue and Demonstration -- 3.4 Fostering Ownership of Education Reforms -- 3.5 Specific Country Knowledge Is Necessary for Project Success -- 3.6 Inadequate Debt Sustainability Analysis Can Contribute to Excessive Accumulation of Debt -- 3.7 New Paradigms: Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation -- 3.8 Electricity Development in Ukraine: Good Idea, Bad Fit -- Figures -- 1.1 Developing Countries Have Made Gradual But Definite Progress in Improving Their Policies -- 1.2 Policies Improved in All Regions -- 1.3 Countries with Relatively Large and Consistent Recent Changes in Policy Indicators (1999-03) -- 1.4 Most Areas of Developing-Country Policies Improved -- 1.5 Countries with Better/Improving Policies Grew Faster -- 1.6 World Bank Instruments Available to Support Policy Reform -- 2.1 Bank Lending Is Concentrated in Countries with Good Policy Environments -- 2.2 Good Outcomes of Bank Assistance Are Associated with Progress in Policy Reform -- 2.3 Improved Project Outcomes Are Associated with Improvements in Related Policies -- 3.1 High-Quality, Timely ESW Contributes to the Bank's Impact on Policy Reform.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2003 examines the effectiveness of Bank support for developing country policy reform. The report finds that reform has been widespread across countries during the last few years and across a wide spectrum of policy areas. Countries that improved their policies over this period-on average - achieved substantially higher per-capita economic growth than those that did not. The report also finds that Bank support has contributed to reform in a number of cases. But there are also cases where the Bank's support has not been associated with improvements in the policy environment. This is especially noticeable in countries with no track record at all-or an inconsistent or deteriorating record-of policy reform. Several countries have absorbed large amounts of adjustment lending with only mixed results on reform and a substantial increase in indebtedness. The report finds, in conclusion, that management should consider ways to better customize its support to clients' needs and should explore pilot mechanisms to introduce a more direct linkage between its support and results in terms of poverty reduction.