World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast

Jun 13 2024 20 ep. 22 mins 17
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Welcome to the evaluation podcast from the World Bank Group’s independent evaluation arm, IEG, where we reflect on the lessons learned from tackling pressing challenges in international development.

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S3E7 | From geo-pixels to evaluation insights

Jun 13 2024 21 mins  
Geospatial analysis has the potential to provide new perspectives on major development challenges and shed new light on the impact of development interventions. This episode features a lively conversation about using geospatial analyses in evaluations, breakthroughs, challenges, and the future of this technology.

S3E6 | Driving prosperity through financial inclusion

Apr 29 2024 24 mins  
Improving financial inclusion is linked to at least 9 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is considered by the World Bank Group as a key enabler of its mission of creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet. This episode brings together two World Bank Group leaders spearheading financial inclusion efforts: Jean Pesme, Global Director for Finance, in the Financ

S3E5 | Reaching women and girls trapped in violence and conflict

Feb 26 2024 23 mins  
The World Bank is committed to reaching women and girls trapped in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts with support aimed at meaningful and lasting change. How is the World Bank approaching this challenge? What lessons can be learned from its experience?

S3E4 | Lessons on creating an enabling environment for private sector climate action

Nov 29 2023 19 mins  
This episode explores how countries can better engage the private sector towards addressing climate change and its impact and the role that the World Bank and other international organizations play in this.

S3E3 | Part 2: Taxes, the social contract, and financing development

Nov 06 2023 18 mins  
The second episode on this series about taxes, or domestic revenue mobilization, features a conversation between IEG host Jeff Chelsky and Rusudan Kemularia, Head of the Tax Inspectors Without Boarders Secretariat at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

S3E2 | Part 1: Taxes, the social contract, and financing development

Nov 06 2023 26 mins  
On the first episode of this series about taxes, or domestic revenue mobilization, the World Bank’s Director for Governance Global Practice, Arturo Herrera Gutierrez, and IEG host Jeff Chelsky, discuss how the World Bank can most effectively support countries in managing the difficult terrain of tax reform.

S3E1 | Comment la Banque mondiale peut s’inspirer de son engagement au Maroc pour son nouveau modèle stratégique dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire

Oct 31 2023 28 mins  
Une récente évaluation menée par le Groupe indépendant d'évaluation (IEG) offre des enseignements pour orienter l'avenir de l'assistance de la Banque mondiale au Maroc, tout en mettant en lumière les principes fondamentaux d'une collaboration efficace avec les pays à revenu intermédiaire. Dans cet épisode, Estelle Raimondo et Sabine Durier se penchent sur le partenariat de

S2E6: Additionality in the private sector and the experience of the International Finance Corporation

Jun 08 2023 21 mins  
Additionality is the unique value that Development Finance Institutions offer to private companies in low- and middle-income countries without crowding out private investments. This episode demystifies additionality and explores how to identify it, measure it, and realize ever more of its unique value.

S2E5: Boosting Energy Efficiency to Power a Green Future

May 03 2023 21 mins  
Boosting energy efficiency is critical for addressing climate change. This episode explores lessons on how to scale up energy efficiency efforts to fully realize their potential.

S2E4: Lessons from Developing Resilient Agrifood Systems

Feb 06 2023 28 mins  
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, president of AGRA, explores with host, Brenda Barbour, the importance of resilient agrifood systems in promoting long-term food security, and how the World Bank Group and other actors can support countries in developing agrifood systems that are productive, resilient, and sustainable. Related Resources IEG Evaluation: Toward Productive, Inclusive, and Sustai