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

S5E1 | Building a Knowledge Bank: Lessons from World Bank Lending

What does it take for the World Bank Group to truly become a knowledge bank?   In this episode of What Have We Learned? we explore findings from IEG’s recent evaluation 

S4E4 | Lessons on implementing the blue economy

This episode explores lessons from the World Bank’s support to the blue economy, a widely recognized approach to shift the way we work and think in ocean spaces. Blue eco

S4E3 | Lessons on measuring and delivering results for women and girls

This episode explores how monitoring and evaluation systems enable the World Bank Group to learn from its support for gender equality, assess whether it leads to meaningf

S4E2 | Lessons on creating more and better jobs in low-income countries

Supporting the creation of more, better, and more inclusive jobs is critical towards achieving the goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity in countries. This is

S4E1 | Lessons on improving learning outcomes in basic education

Countries worldwide are facing a learning crisis with high levels of learning poverty - with the poorest communities being the hardest hit. What are the lessons from Worl

S3E7 | From geo-pixels to evaluation insights

Geospatial analysis has the potential to provide new perspectives on major development challenges and shed new light on the impact of development interventions. This epis

S3E6 | Driving prosperity through financial inclusion

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 missi

S3E5 | Reaching women and girls trapped in violence and conflict

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. Ho

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

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 inter

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

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

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

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

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

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, t

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

Additionality is the unique value that Development Finance Institutions offer to private companies in low- and middle-income countries without crowding out private invest

S2E5: Boosting Energy Efficiency to Power a Green Future

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 po

S2E4: Lessons from Developing Resilient Agrifood Systems

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

S2E3: Lessons for Future Crises from the World Bank Group’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

This episode unpacks lessons about factors that facilitated the World Bank Group's strong response to the pandemic and explores areas that can be strengthened to boost cr

S2E2: Lessons from Shifting Paradigms in Disaster Risk Reduction

Disasters caused by natural hazards increasingly threaten the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poor. In this episode, we will explore how a more severe risk environme

S2E1: Lessons Unwrapped from Tackling Plastic Waste

Every year, the world generates 2 billion tons of trash, including 400 million tons of plastic. Most of this waste is mismanaged, piling up and flowing into our oceans, a

S1E6: Learning from Development Policy Financing

Development Policy Financing (DPF) is a major instrument of multilateral development banks and has played a prominent role in the World Bank’s pandemic response. Also kno

S1E5: Learning from Data Innovation

Data are vital for understanding the progress and impact of strategies in global development. New technologies coupled with increased computing power are creating opportu