This Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE) builds on previous reviews, i.e., the 1998 review, released in a hostile environment of financial crisis,

This is the sixth annual review which assesses the effectiveness of World Bank programmes in helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and rela

The 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness looks at the recent growth and poverty reduction experience of client countries. It assesses the extent to w

This is the fifth annual review which explores long-term development effectiveness trends and analyses the choice of lending and non-lending instruments and act

ARDE 2003 examines the effectiveness of Bank support for developing country policy reform,. It finds that Bank support has contributed to reform in a number of