New from IEG: Evaluation of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline, WBG's Response to the Global Crisis, Mexico M&E

Lessons from an Evaluation of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Development and Pipeline Program

IEG evaluated the World Bank Group supported Chad Cameroon Pipeline Program. The evaluation assessed the performance of a program of five World Bank financed projects, two IFC loans and three IFC advisory services operations in a cluster. In doing so, the evaluation combined an assessment of the development effectiveness of the program as a whole, with an assessment of each individual operation. This is the first program based performance assessment jointly undertaken by IEG-World Bank and IEG-IFC.

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The World Bank Group's Response to the Global Crisis: An Update on an Ongoing IEG Evaluation

IEG has undertaken an evaluation of the World Bank Group's response to the current economic crisis, focusing on developments since mid-2008. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide inputs for enhancing the impact of WBG actions.

This note builds on IEG's 2008 Evaluation Brief, Lessons from World Bank Group Responses to Past Financial Crises. It draws attention to the importance of speed but also quality, coordination, and preparedness in addition to identifying newly emerging issues as an input into operational work in progress..

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Mexico's M&E System: Scaling Up from the Sectoral to the National Level

This paper provides a brief review of Mexico's progressive movement from a sectoral to a governmentwide M&E system. It highlights the critical institutional reforms introduced, the policy decisions, and the most important operational steps that were taken, offering an account of the political context within which such changes and decisions were possible. The paper emphasizes the specific role of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Policy (CONEVAL) as an innovative development, which furthered institutionalization of evaluation and a results focus at the federal government level through the implementation of the System for Performance Evaluation (SED). A quick review of the governmentwide system's strengths and main challenges for the future is offered. Some lessons for other countries and conclusions follow.

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About The Independent Evaluation Group
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an independent unit within the World Bank; it reports directly to the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. IEG assesses what works, and what does not; how a borrower plans to run and maintain a project; and the lasting contribution of the Bank to a country's overall development. The goals of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Bank's work, and to provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives. It also improves Bank work by identifying and disseminating the lessons learned from experience and by framing recommendations drawn from evaluation findings.