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Effectiveness of the Bank's Country Programs
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- The outcomes of country programs have been moderately satisfactory on average
- A modest share of the Bank's work achieves the highest ratings in evaluations and client feedback
- Bank support for fostering growth has been effective and generally well regarded.
- Significant progress on poverty — including lifting 400 million people above the $2 per day threshold since 1993 — has been helped by work in supporting poverty-focuses interventions
- But the Bank has so far been unable to help countries deal convincingly with inequality, corruption and environmental challenges.
- The degree of the Bank's adaptability and responsiveness, and how well it fits programs to country needs and capacity, are among the main drivers of performance
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Projects in MICs have Better Outcomes Than Those in LICs | 
| | Source: IEG Database. |
Project Outcomes in MICs have Improved Slightly | 
| | Source: IEG Database. |
Most Clients Rate the Bank Moderately Effective Overall | Criterion | Highly
Ineffective | Ineffective | Moderately
ineffective | Moderately
effective | Effective | HighlyÂ
effective | Overall effectiveness of Bank's Programs and services | 1% | 4% | 12% | 53% | 28% | 2% |
Source: IEG Client Survey |
Both Highly Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Ratings for Outcomes of Country Programs are Becoming Less Common in MICs | 
| Source:Â IEG's Country Assistance Evaluations
Note: CAEs distinguish among subperiods when the Bank strategy shifts and/or outcomes of Bank assistance change. Each year evaluated constitutes a "county year", and these are included in the figure. |
The Bank is Seen as More Effective in Fostering Growth and Reducing Poverty Than Addressing Inequality or Reducing Corruption | Criterion | Highly ineffective | Ineffective | Moderately ineffective | Effective | Effective | Highly effective | Fostering growth | 2% | 9% |  21% | 48% | 19% | 2% | Poverty reduction | 4% | 15% | 22% | 43% | 15% | 1% | Addressing inequality | 6% | 19% | 31% | 36% | 8% | 0% | Reducing corruption | 12% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 6% | 0% |
Source: IEG Client Survey |
The Bank's Quality and Fit to Needs are Rated Better Than It's Responsiveness and Ease of Access
[compared to other international institutions and private sector capital] | Criterion | Much worse | Somewhat worse | About the same | Somewhat better | Much better | Quality |  1% | 6% | 34% | 47% | 13% |  Fit to country needs | 2% | 16% | 39% | 37% | 6% | Responsiveness when country needs change | 4% | 24% | 34% | 31% | 7% | Ease of access to its support | 6% | 26% | 37% | 26% | 5% |
Source: IEG Client Survey |
Many Clients Consider the Bank Improving and More Effective Than Other Development Agencies, but About Equally Effective as Private Sector Capital | Criterion  | Much less effective | Somewhat less effective | About the same | Somewhat more effective | Much more effective | Bank's effectiveness compared with three years ago | 1% | 9% | 50% | 35% | 5% | Bank's effectiveness compared to regional development banks and bilateral programs | 3% | 18% | 33% | 37% | 8% | Bank's effectiveness compared to private sector capital | 11% | 32% | 20% | 27% | 10% |
Source: IEG Client Survey |
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