World Bank Operations Evaluation Department :

This publication reviews the 30 year history of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED), an independent unit within the World Bank. This department assesses the organisation's programmes and work with developing countries in order to evaluate its effectiveness, provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives, and disseminate lessons drawn from evaluation findings.

Foreword

vii

President James D. Wolfensohn

Message from Former President Robert S. McNamara

ix

Introduction

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Part I. Perspectives on the Evolution of OED

First Experiments in Operations Evaluation: Roots, Hopes, and Gaps

3

(14)

Christopher Willoughby

First Initiatives

4

(2)

A Second Round of Experimentation

6

(1)

Firmer Attachment to the Bank's Board of Directors

7

(1)

At Length, an Emerging System

8

(2)

Hopes

10

(2)

Gaps

12

(1)

Conclusions

13

(1)

Notes

14

(3)

Institutionalizing the Evaluation Function at the World Bank, 1975--84

17

(14)

Mervyn L. Weiner

The Changing Context for Evaluation

17

(1)

Origins of Evaluation in the Bank

18

(1)

Forging the Relationship Between Evaluation and Operations

18

(1)

Evolution of Completion Reporting

19

(2)

Strong Presidential Support

21

(1)

Consistent Board Interest

21

(1)

Reporting Relationships

22

(1)

Staffing

22

(1)

Efforts to Extend Evaluation Beyond Bank Operations

23

(1)

Evaluation Criteria

24

(1)

Audience for Evaluation

24

(1)

Outreach

25

(1)

Questions and Answers

26

(5)

Building up the Capacity and Influence of Evaluation in the Bank and Outside, 1986--92

31

(14)

Yves Rovani

The Bank's Evaluation System

32

(1)

People, Culture, Management

32

(1)

Output

33

(3)

Dissemination and Feedback

36

(2)

Evaluation Capacity Development

38

(2)

Conclusions

40

(1)

Questions and Answers

41

(4)

From Working Methods to Business Plan, 1984--94

45

(10)

Graham Donaldson

OED in 1984

45

(1)

New Operating Procedures

46

(3)

Drivers of Change

49

(3)

Questions and Answers

52

(2)

Notes

54

(1)

Promoting Professional and Personal Trust in OED

55

(6)

H. Eberhard Kopp

The Logic of Renewal: Evaluation at the World Bank, 1992--2002

61

(12)

Robert Picciotto

OED Renewal: Participation, Partnership, and Results

73

(14)

Elizabeth McAllister

Structure

78

(1)

Products and Processes

79

(1)

Culture

80

(3)

Questions and Answers

83

(4)

Part II. Relations with Board and Management

Promoting a Culture of Accountability and Learning

87

(4)

Pieter Stek

Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of OED

91

(4)

Shengman Zhang

Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Evaluation in the Bank Today

95

(10)

Prem Garg

Joanne Salop

Jan Piercy

Part III. Relations with Clients and Partners

Evaluation Capacity Development

105

(10)

Keith Mackay

OED Strengthens Its Focus on ECD

106

(1)

Bank Adopts a Support Strategy for ECD

107

(2)

OED's Continuing Role in ECD

109

(1)

Bank M&E Improvement Program

110

(1)

New Pressure to Show Development Results

110

(1)

OED's Role in ECD Today

111

(2)

Conclusions

113

(1)

Notes

114

(1)

Evolution of OED's Evaluation Partnerships

115

(10)

Osvaldo Feinstein

Rema N. Balasundaram

Informal Partnerships and Experience-Sharing

115

(1)

Participation in International Evaluation Groups

116

(1)

OED Conferences and Seminars on Evaluation

116

(1)

Enhancement of OED's Evaluation Partnerships

117

(2)

Joint Evaluations

119

(1)

Are Evaluation Partnerships Working?

120

(1)

Notes

121

(4)

Part IV. Challenges of Development Evaluation

The Global Challenge of Development Evaluation

125

(8)

Robert Picciotto

The Development Environment

125

(1)

Aid Is Not Enough

126

(1)

New Methods, Structures, and Processes

127

(1)

Learning from the Competition

128

(1)

Reaching Out

129

(4)

Broadening the Constituency for Evaluation

133

(4)

Sulley Gariba

Politics, Aid, and Development Evaluation

137

(8)

Eduardo Wiesner

Questions and Answers

143

(2)

The Challenges of Development Evaluation: Some Conclusions

145

(20)

Gregory K. Ingram

Annexes

Annex A. Reflections from Former and Current OED Staff

149

(6)

Annex B. OED: The First 30 Years

155

(10)

Annex C. Institutional Changes for Independent Evaluation at the World Bank: A Chronology (1970--2002)

165

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World Bank Operations Evaluation Department : The First 30 Years

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