Product Description: During fiscal 2003-05, World Bank lending and administrative budgets to fragile states amounted to $4.1 billion and $161 million, respectively. IEG's report assesses the effectiveness of this Bank support. The report finds that the Bank and the donor community have improved their operational readiness to engage with fragile states, and made substantial progress on donor coordination at the international policy level...read more

Product Description: This review assesses, using available evaluation evidence, how the World Bank's country sector, and global programs are helping clients work toward the MDGs and related targets. The findings of this year's Annual Review indicate that the Bank's country, sector, and global programs are consistent with the MDG themes and have increasingly focused on poverty reduction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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