External Reviews
The World Bank Board, via the Committee On Development Effectiveness, oversees the adequacy, efficiency, and robustness of the Bank’s evaluation system. To that end, the Board periodically commissions independent assessments of IEG that focus on issues core to the effective performance of the evaluation function.
External Review 2022 This external review of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) was instituted by the World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors (Board) through the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE). The terms of reference include primarily a forward-looking assessment of IEG’s effectiveness in delivering on its mandate, along with an assessment of responses to the recommendations of the last external review in 2015. The External Review Panel conducted its task through an examination of recent documents and through interviews with a range of stakeholders inside and outside the WBG
