Two to Tango : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Fostering Regional Integration
This evaluation assesses the Bank Group’s effectiveness and comparative advantage in fostering regional integration during FY2003–17 and draws lessons that can be used to inform future regional integration operations. Client countries of the World...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/180771555372859192/Two-to-Tango-An-Evaluation-of-World-Bank-Group-Support-to-Fostering-Regional-Integration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32079 |
| Summary: | This evaluation assesses the Bank
Group’s effectiveness and comparative advantage in fostering
regional integration during FY2003–17 and draws lessons that
can be used to inform future regional integration
operations. Client countries of the World Bank Group have
turned to regional integration as one of the pathways toward
faster economic development and peace, and to help overcome
development challenges. Main findings of the report include:
(i) Overall, the Bank Group’s efforts to foster regional
integration have led to mostly positive development outcomes
in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region and in infrastructure
sectors. (ii) Though the IDA Regional Window program has
also contributed to regional integration (mainly in the
Africa Region), the development outcomes of its
interventions are not significantly different from similar
projects co-financed outside the program. |
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