Financing for Development

The development community is
increasingly accepting the importance of evidence, feedback,
and learning. Some of which is generated through research,
monitoring, and self-evaluation during policy-making,
program design, and implementation. Others come from
feedback from people directly affected by interventions who
have gained a greater voice, be it through third-party
feedback mechanisms, social media, beneficiary surveys, or
otherwise. And, there is independent evaluation. At the
World Bank Group, the independent evaluation group (IEG) has
over the past years deepened the evidence that can help
development finance succeed in translating the sustainable
development goals (SDGs) into actions and results. This
paper brings together insights from a cross-section of
relevant evaluations that cover various aspects of the
large, multifaceted agenda of the SDGs and their financing needs.