Independent Evaluation Group Quarterly Report to CODE. Fiscal Year 2014 Quarter 3. Public Disclosure Authorized. Public Disclosure Authorized

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Independent Evaluation Group Quarterly to CODE Public Disclosure Authorized Fiscal Year 2014 Quarter 3 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized

2 IEG QUARTERLY REPORT TO CODE (FY14 Q3) I. Evaluations and Work Program The tables below show: (i) Evaluations and other outputs delivered by IEG during Q3 of FY 2014; (ii) Board, CODE, CODE Subcommittee meetings and Absence of Objections on IEG products held during Q3 of FY 2014; and (iii) outputs and Board, CODE, CODE Subcommittee meetings and Absence of Objections on IEG products during Q4 in FY14 and Q1-Q2 in FY15. Summary of IEG s Deliverables in FY 14 Q3 and Work Plan for FY14 Q4 and FY 15 Q1-Q2 Title of the FY14 Q3 Evaluation Current 1. Major Evaluations a. Sector and Thematic Evaluations Support to SMEs CODE (1/29) Reform of Health Systems FY14 Q4 Evaluation CODE (Scheduled June 18) FY15 Q1 FY15 Q2 Support to Public Private Partnerships Evaluation CODE (Scheduled 7/9) Investment Climate Reform Evaluation CODE WB Support for Early Childhood Development Approach paper AP CODE (4/9 AOB) Getting to Poverty AP CODE SC (2/12) Evaluation Electricity Access AP CODE (1/10 AOB) Inclusive Finance Approach paper b. Corporate and Process Evaluations Learning & Results from World Bank Operations -Phase I Evaluation CODE (Scheduled May 12) Learning & Results from World Bank Operations Phase II c. Country-Focused Evaluations Tunisia CPE Evaluation Board (scheduled June 17) Clustered CPE on Resource Rich Countries Fragile Situations in Non-Fragile Countries Approach paper AP CODE (2/19 AOB) Approach Paper 2

3 Title of the FY14 Q3 Evaluation Current d. Results and Performance RAP 2013: Evaluation Risk and Results RAP 2014: Achieving MDGs FY14 Q4 Board (Scheduled 4/24) Concept Note FY15 Q1 FY15 Q2 2. Other Evaluation Products a. PPARs 5 (20 cumulative for b. Systematic Reviews and Impact Evaluations Early Childhood Development Social Safety Nets and Gender Equality c. Large Synthesis s Land Administration Road Safety Avian Flu Climate Change (Capstone) Good Practice Notes for Sectoral Results Frameworks PPPs in Africa Advisory Services Lines of Credit in SME Financing Good Practice CPS Self-Evaluation and Results Framework CPS Selectivity IFC in CPS Lessons Learned from Global Partnerships Prototype: Synthesis of Country Level Findings d. Partnership Reviews GPR WB Partnership with GAVI CODE SC (Scheduled 6/2) 3. Validation Products a. Country Strategy Completion Validations CAS Completion Reviews 1 (Djibouti) [12 Cumulative for FY] (TBC based on actual CAS deliveries) 3 (TBC based on actual CAS deliveries) (TBC based on actual CAS deliveries)

4 Title of the Evaluation FY14 Q3 Current b. Project Completion Validations ICR Reviews (WB) 63 (214 cumulative for XPSR Reviews 28 (60 cumulative for 33 (IFC) PERs (MIGA) 1 (6 cumulative for 5 c. AAA/AS Completion Validations PCR Reviews (IFC) 22 (58 cumulative for Other IEG Work Program & Budget FY14 Q4 CODE Board II. Evaluation Capacity Development and Learning Learning and Knowledge Sharing: FY15 Q1 FY15 Q2 IEG held an internal launch seminar for World Bank Group staff for its evaluation on the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Readership of the IEG blog What Works continued to grow with evidence of greater engagement on the part of visitors. IEG s presence on social media platforms has substantially increased as the result of our increased staffing and focus on social media.. Evaluation Capacity Development: The ECD Working Paper #30 Connecting Evaluation and Budgeting was published. Members of the ECD team supported the African Evaluation Association Conference in Cameroon, leading both a workshop on Country Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and contributing to a keynote panel. Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR): The CLEAR program is undergoing an independent mid-term evaluation, and the team has worked with the evaluators, CLEAR donors and all the program members and partners on providing input to the evaluation. The first draft of the evaluation is expected in early July Management Action Record: MAR ratings and responses were loaded on our external website, to promote transparency, inclusiveness, engagement with stakeholders, and public oversight of WBG-supported operations. A technical briefing on the MAR systems (both internal and external) for the ED advisers was held in January

5 Knowledge Management: A number of new projects are underway or completed: Proposal for a Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) System Business: A requirements document and system implementation plan were developed and are now ready for discussion with ITS to see whether and if so how the needed solution can be integrated with the emerging relationship management tools within the Bank Group s broader IT platforms; Initiation of an IEG Data Mart to assist staff in developing maps based on evaluation data; IEG is on track in delivering towards its Information Management and Technology Solutions action plan, specifically with regard to the efforts to establish a high-quality fulltext search platform to index all document collections relevant to IEG s evaluation research. Enhancing Knowledge Accessibility for External and Internal Stakeholders With a slowly but steadily increasing number of visitors and viewers, the new IEG Blog What Works maintained most interest coming to us from google and through direct access to our main site. However, while starting from a low base, there was also a significant growth in Facebook likes, up from the lower double digits to over 2000 for the last blog in Q3. Unsurprisingly, the source of interest was primarily the US with large IEG constituencies located here - however, the relatively large number of views from India and Pakistan also indicate broadening options to engage with audiences worldwide on evaluation insights. Disclosures and publications: The following evaluations were disclosed and/or published in FY14 Q3: The Big Business of Small Enterprises: Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to SMEs, (March 20) The following Approach Papers were disclosed and/or published in FY14 Q3: Learning and Results in World Bank Operations, Phase I (February 18) Evaluation of the World Bank Group s Support for Electricity Access (February 21) Cluster CPE: Resource Rich Countries (March 13) Getting to Poverty: Lessons from the World Bank s Record on Supporting Poverty Reduction (March 14) 5

6 Annex: PPARs and PARs Deliveries FY14-Q3 # Country Projects Indonesia Land Management and Policy Development Project Mexico Rural Finance Development Structural Adjustment Loan Mozambique Decentralization Planning & Fin SIL Mozambique Enterprise Development Jamaica Fiscal and Debt Stability DPL 6