Report to the Board from the Committee on Development Effectiveness : An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Strategy for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence 2020-2025 and Draft Management Response

Overview & Synopsis

The Committee welcomed Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) findings and recommendations, recognizing its timeliness, depth, and relevance. They emphasized the importance of fully integrating the findings and the evaluation’s three key recommendations into the refreshed fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) strategy and tracking progress through the Management Action Record (MAR). Members acknowledged the World Bank Group (WBG’s) progress in strengthening research, partnerships, and tailored strategies and programming, and in sustaining engagement in FCV contexts through people-centered service delivery. In addition, they noted critical gaps in implementation, the use/application of diagnostics and monitoring tools to inform operations, private sector engagement and the non-achievement of related International Finance Corporation (IFC) corporate targets in FCV contexts, and staffing.