A Note on Vulnerability: Findings from Moving Out of Poverty
PREMNote 132

 

April 2009

A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
PREMNote 127

 

November 2008

Assessing Our Work on Impact Evaluation
PREMNote 126
Over the last several years, the World Bank has increasingly engaged in impact evaluations as means of building evidence for results. During this process, the Bank has also produced an extensive variety of knowledge products. However, there are several institutional and resource issues that constrain the effectiveness of our impact evaluation work. This brief outlines recent gains in the Bank’s work on impact evaluation, highlights several issues, and proposes some options to continue improving and expanding the Bank’s efforts in this area.

 

November 2008

Breaking Out of Inequality Traps: Political Economy Considerations
PREMNote 125
This Note is based on presentations and comments by François Bourguignon, Frances Stewart, Léonard Wantchékon, and Nancy Birdsall (chair) at the 2008 PREM Conference session on “Political Economy of Inequality: Implications for Inclusive Growth,” and focuses on actions that the World Bank may pursue to promote more inclusive growth.

 

October 2008

Thinking about Aid Predictability
PREMNote 124

 

September 2008

Pro-Poor Public Spending Reform - Uganda's Virtual Poverty Fund
PREMNote 108
Can governments and donors ensure that resources are effectively targeted to poverty reducing programs?

 

March 2006

Reaching effective consensus: Monterrey and the development agenda
PREMNote 82
How best can the needs and demands of rich and poor countries be reconciled in efforts to foster development? The Monterrey Consensus provides guidance -- but also points to serious obstacles in international negotiations.

 

November 2003

Community user groups: vehicles for collective action - or personal gain?
PREMNote 72
A Study of three user groups in India suggests that such groups rarely perform as expected.

 

July 2002

Using information and communications technology to reduce poverty in India
PREMNote 70
Information and communications technology can improve poor people's lives - but only if policies and projects are designed to exploit its potential.

 

June 2002

Understanding poverty reduction impacts with innovative monitoring and evaluation
PREMNote 32
Monitoring and evaluation systems are often the least addressed component of project design and implementation. Yet such systems have considerable potentional for enhancing the impact of projects. What makes for effective monitoring and evaluation?

 

October 1999