03488oam 22006495 450 991078734150332120230509203527.01-4648-0124-X10.1596/978-1-4648-0123-5(CKB)3710000000358040(EBL)1962954(OCoLC)904209644(SSID)ssj0001423782(PQKBManifestationID)12619217(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001423782(PQKBWorkID)11440123(PQKB)10775248(MiAaPQ)EBC1962954(Au-PeEL)EBL1962954(CaPaEBR)ebr11020739(CaONFJC)MIL732823(OCoLC)903900704(The World Bank)17943438(US-djbf)17943438(EXLCZ)99371000000035804020131115d2014 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe World Bank and public procurement : an independent evaluation /World Bank Independent Evaluation GroupWashington, DC :The World Bank,2014.1 online resource (pages cm)Description based upon print version of record.1-336-01541-1 1-4648-0123-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Overview""; ""Motivation and Principal Focus""; ""Evaluation Scope and Questions""; ""Findings: Volume I""; ""Findings: Volume II""; ""Going Forward""; ""Recommendations""; ""Management Response""; ""Management Action Record""; ""Chairperson�s Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness""; ""Contents of the Complete Evaluation""; ""Figures""; ""1 Moderate Results in Most Areas""; ""2 Operations Supporting Procurement Capacity: DPLs, ILs, and IDF Grants (numbers)""""3 Procurement Systems of UCS Participants Relative to the Bank � IEG Scores""""4 Correlation of Prior Review Thresholds with CPIA Scores""; ""5 Increase in the Number of P-RAMS Completed""; ""6 Time to Resolve Complaints""; ""7 Time to Clear Contracts""; ""Tables""; ""1 Summary Analysis of Prior Reviews in FY13""The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid-2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled in the space of just a few months. The food price increases were particularly hard on the poor and near-poor in developing countries, many of whom spend a large share of their income on food and have limited means to cope with price shocks. An estimated 1.29 billion people in 2008 lived on less thanWorld Bank e-Library.World BankFinanceEconomic assistanceDeveloping countriesEvaluationPublic contractsEvaluationEconomic assistanceDeveloping countriesEvaluationWorld BankFinance.Economic assistanceEvaluation.Public contractsEvaluation.352.5/63World Bank.DLCDLCBOOK9910787341503321The World Bank and public procurement3726452UNINA