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  1. Library Resource
    October, 2015
    Nigeria, Global

    This country assistance evaluation
    assesses the outcomes of the World Banks program in Nigeria
    during the period 1998–2007. The Country Assistance
    Evaluation focuses on the objectives of that assistance and
    the extent to which outcomes were consistent with those
    objectives. It looks at the Banks contribution to the
    achievement of those outcomes and at the lessons for the
    Banks future activities in Nigeria and in other countries.

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2015
    Global

    Public sector management (PSM) reform is concerned with improving public sector results by changing
    the way governments work. It is a challenging reform area in which to offer assistance. Sustainable institutional
    change often requires that thousands of public agents alter their behavior, and political incentives may be at odds
    with improving public sector performance. “What works” in PSM reform is highly context-dependent and
    explicit evidence remains limited.
    The Bank’s Approach to PSM for 2011-2020 emphasizes that public sector reform is a pragmatic

  3. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Global

    The economic recession, the end of
    stimulus funding and central government cutbacks, rising
    social costs and aging, and the need for infrastructure
    upgrading for urbanization are putting enormous fiscal
    stress on cities. The financing capacity of municipalities
    is greatly affected because of the decline in the tax base,
    expenditure pressures, and growing and more expensive debt.
    Today's urban fiscal crisis is similar to that

  4. Library Resource
    January, 2016
    Global

    This report by the Independent
    Evaluation Group (IEG) summarizes the experiences of and
    draws lessons from the country program evaluations of four
    natural resource-rich countries: the Plurinational State of
    Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Zambia. It concludes that
    although the challenges identified in these countries are
    not unique, they manifest themselves with particular
    intensity in three closely interrelated areas that need to

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2015
    Africa, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Global

    This report provides an overview of the
    World Bank Group’s engagement in the Middle East and North
    Africa (MENA) region, highlighting the new operating model
    of the World Bank Group. In particular, the report provides
    insight on the key challenges and strategic engagement of
    each sector (Global Practice) in MENA and details some of
    the key cross-cutting challenges that countries face. This
    report serves as a basis to convene international thought

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