World Bank Group Impact Evaluations
Relevance and Effectiveness
Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention. The World Bank is the largest producer of impact evaluations among all development institutions. IEG has evaluated the relevance, quality, and influence of World Bank and IFC impact evaluations, and finds that the World Bank portfolio of impact evaluations is aligned with sector strategies and project objectives.