• MICs are a large and diverse group of considerable importance globally and to the Bank
  
  
• The environment for the Bank's work in MICs has changed significantly and will likely continue to evolve rapidly
  
  
• MICs have enjoyed an expansion in sources of development support, including gaining access to international private capital markets and the availing of greatly improved domestic expertise and institutional capacity
  
  
• The nature for development in MICs has become more complex, with an increasing role of the private sector in most economies and growing globalization
  
  
• Stakeholders and outside commentators have proposed changes in the Bank's role in MICs-ranging from revitalizing its engagement to withdrawal This evaluation examines country programs, and highlights three increasingly prominent activities-knowledge services, global programs, and Bank Group cooperation