Knowledge-based country programs : an evaluation of World Bank group experience

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , [2015]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages cm)
• Disciplina: 338.9109172/4
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance - Developing countries; Knowledge management - Developing countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Overview; Management Response; Management Action Record; Chairperson's Summary; 1 Introduction; Relative Intensity of Knowledge Services in World Bank Country Programs; Objectives, Scope, and Methodology of the Evaluation; 2 Relevance of the World Bank in Knowledge-Based Partnerships; Fit of World Bank Knowledge-Based Country Programs with Country Challenges; Use of World Bank Group Knowledge Services and Stakeholder Engagement; Strategic Positioning of the World Bank on Development Knowledge ; 3 Technical Quality of Knowledge ServicesLeveraging the Bank's Global Expertise; Customization of Solutions to Country Context; Development of Actionable Recommendations; 4 Results and Their Sustainability; Results of World Bank Group Knowledge Services; Factors Associated with the Achievement of Results of World Bank Knowledge Services; Sustainability and Monitoring of Results; Synergy between World Bank and IFC Knowledge Services in Achieving Results; 5 Conclusions; How Can the World Bank Enhance Its Value Proposition in Knowledge-Based Partnerships? ; How Can the World Bank Delineate the Scope and Instruments of Knowledge-Based Country Programs?How Can the Bank Group Leverage Its Engagement in Knowledge-Based Country Programs?; Bibliography; Boxes; Box 1.1 Definitions, Use of Terms, and Selection of Knowledge Activities; Box 1.2 Previous IEG Evaluations of Knowledge Services; Box 2.1 Public Knowledge Goods; Box 2.2 Perception of Knowledge Services from Client Surveys; Box 4.1 Knowledge Service Results in Poverty Reduction and Social Protection: Stylized Findings; Box 4.2 Helping China's Guangdong Province Tackle Rising Inequality ; Box 4.3 Sustainable Knowledge Activity Outcomes through Capacity Development and Institution Strengthening: Examples from South Africa and ChinaFigures; Figure 1.1 Lending and Knowledge Activities in World Bank Country Programs (FY98-04 versus FY05-11); Figure 2.1 Use of World Bank Knowledge Services and IFC Advisory Services (in % of Reviewed Activities); Figure 2.2 Participation of Government Counterparts in Knowledge Activities (in % of Reviewed Projects); Figure 3.1 Use of Local Expertise in World Bank Knowledge Activities (in % of Activities Reviewed by IEG) ; Figure 3.2 Discussion of Capacity Requirements and Administrative Feasibility of Recommendations in World Bank Knowledge Services (in % of Activities Reviewed by IEG)Figure 4.1 Achievement of Expected Outcomes of World Bank Knowledge Services by Thematic Area and Focus Countries (in % of Activities Reviewed by IEG); Figure 4.2 Achievement of Expected Outcomes of World Bank Knowledge Activities (in % of Reviewed Projects) ; Figure 4.3 Client Participation in Knowledge Activity Stages in Relation to Degree of Achievement of Knowledge Activity Expected Outcomes (in % of Reviewed Knowledge Activities in Each Category of Outcome Achievement)
• Sommario/riassunto: The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support. Part of this debate concerns strengthening the knowledge agenda. The findings of this evaluation are particularly relevant because they speak directly to questions that the institution is deliberating. In particular, they address four key aspects of the "science of delivery†?: the role of local partners or local knowledge hubs; consultation with clients and other stakeholders in the process of designing knowledge services; delivery of knowledge on issues that are relevant to the client; and improving the way the Bank Group learns from upper-middle-income countries and intermediating this knowledge to other countries. The evaluation assesses knowledge-based activities in nine country programs selected from 48 knowledge-intensive programs supported by the Bank Group. It identifies the factors in the success or failure of those activities as they contribute to policy making or development outcomes. It also identifies areas of strength for the Bank Group as well as areas of weakness or risk. The main objective of the evaluation is to learn lessons from practices in a focus group of high-income and upper-middle-income countries that have knowledge-based programs with the Bank Group. The findings have implications for the Bank Group's knowledge work, including governance and incentives. Over the past 15 years, Bank Group country programs have shifted toward more intensive delivery of knowledge services relative to lending, and this trend is expected to continue. The evaluation was done on economic and sector work and non-lending technical assistance activities selected from a purposive sample of knowledge-intensive country programs. In addition, the evaluation assessed International Finance Corporation Advisory Services for their synergy with the Bank's analytical and advisory activities. The lessons from this evaluation could help leverage the Bank Group's global knowledge to meet the needs of countries that mainly rely on knowledge services and are not pressed for financing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Knowledge-based country programs
• ISBN: 1-4648-0226-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798550303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.