Approach paper : data for development : An IEG evaluation of World Bank support for data and statistical capacity (Anglais)

The objective of this evaluation is to inform the Board and the Data Council on theeffectiveness of Bank support to country clients in producing, sharing, and using developmentdata, and to offer recommendations on how to strengthen it. Accordingly, the...  Voir la suite The objective of this evaluation is to inform the Board and the Data Council on theeffectiveness of Bank support to country clients in producing, sharing, and using developmentdata, and to offer recommendations on how to strengthen it. Accordingly, the evaluation willfocus outward on client countries and assess the Bank’s own data-related work in so far as it is ameans to support client countries. Data production, sharing, and use are the three focus areaswithin the first block of WBG’s Development Data Framework. More recently, the Bank’s role in development data is evident in the establishment of theData Council in July 2014 and in the World Bank Group Strategic Actions Program forAddressing Development Data Gaps: 2016 - 2030 (World Bank, 2016). The latter aims to reducethe gaps in the quantity and quality of development data in Bank client countries, and toencourage Bank clients to adopt data innovations that are scalable and proven to reduce the costand time of data production, while preserving data quality. The Bank’s strategic approach to development data for 2016-2030 forward has been informed by the challenges facing the Bank’s work on development data. Several recent external, Bank, and IEG documents provide overviews and diagnostics of these challenges, which are discussed in this report. This is a corporate evaluation that responds to the second objective of IEG’s WorkProgram – it will generate evidence and learning regarding the early implementation experienceof the WBG strategy (specifically, that of the Data Council) to enable course corrections.This evaluation will provide a broad perspective on the roles the World Bank plays infostering data for development through partnerships.The evaluation will assess what roles the Bank plays in data fordevelopment in partnership with other agencies and institutions, how aligned those roles are withthe expectations articulated by the Data Council, how partnership programs and trust funds withBank participation address the different elements of the theory of change leading to clients’ andpartners’ use of data, the effectiveness of programs, and how and why partners and stakeholdersvalue the Bank’s role and contribution. The review will be based on existing evaluations of themajor programs, surveys of partners, clients, and program staff, and interviews.  Réduire