The evolution of the Bank Group’s support is set within the context of a gradual and deliberate restoration of a partnership after a near-total break in relations between the World Bank and the government of Ecuador at the start of the evaluation period. [...] Over the evaluation period, the Bank Group’s support to Ecuador was both relevant to the country’s development priori- ties and appropriate to the constraints of the evolving partnership with the government. [...] The scope of the World Bank activities examined consists of 31 separate advisory services and analytics (ASA) initiated by the World Bank over the period (2 over the limited activity period and 29 over the operational nor- malization period) and 9 operations approved over the period (3 over the limited activity period and 6 over the operational normalization period). [...] The Bank Group support is evaluated according to (i) its relevance to recognized development priorities in the context of the evolving partnership and (ii) the effectiveness of the support (examining the Bank Group’s contri- butions to key objectives for the transition). [...] Relevance to partnership building considers the degree to which the strategy and its associated activities would be expected to contribute to the restoration of a productive partnership with the government of Ecuador, and relevance to development challenges considers the degree to which the 22 The World Bank Group in Ecuador Chapter 2 support delivered under the engagement aligned with key nation.
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Table of Contents
- The World Bank Group in Ecuador 1
- Country Program Evaluation Fiscal Years 200822 1
- The World Bank Group in Ecuador 3
- Country Program Evaluation Fiscal Years 200822 3
- Contents 4
- Abbreviations 7
- Acknowledgments 9
- Overview 10
- Economic Context 10
- World Bank Group Strategy Adapted to Reestablish Engagement 12
- Rebuilding Partnerships with the Government of Ecuador as a Priority 13
- Support for the Transition to a Private SectorLed Growth Model 16
- The World Banks Contribution to Social Protection Built on Substantial Analytics 18
- Lessons 19
- Background and Context 23
- Introduction 23
- Economic Context 24
- Ecuadors Development Policy and Economic Performance 200722 27
- Evaluation Questions Scope and Methods 34
- Rebuilding a Productive 42
- Partnership with the Government of Ecuador 42
- Highlights 42
- Introduction 44
- Background on the Break in the World Banks Engagement in Ecuador 45
- World Bank Actions toward Reengagement over 200717 48
- Assessing the Relevance and Effectiveness of the World Banks Reengagement Strategy 58
- Support for Ecuadors 72
- Rebalancing to a Private SectorLed Growth Model 72
- Highlights 72
- Chapter Objectives and Methodology 74
- Context of World Bank Group Support for Private SectorLed Growth 74
- World Bank Group Private SectorLed Growth Support from 2007 to 2017 76
- World Bank Group Private SectorLed Growth Support after 2017 82
- Relevance of World Bank Group Support 86
- Effectiveness of World Bank Group Support 92
- Complementary Support 100
- Highlights 100
- Chapter Objectives and Methodology 102
- Description of World Bank Support 104
- Relevance of World Bank Support 107
- Effectiveness of World Bank Support 108
- Conclusions and Lessons 114
- Normalizing Relations with the Government of Ecuador 114
- Supporting Ecuadors Transition to a Private SectorLed Growth Model 115
- Supporting Social Protection 117
- Lessons 117
- Bibliography 120
- Evaluation Methodology and Data Sources 128
- Evaluation Framework 128
- Information Used to Answer Questions Including Performance Criteria and Indicators 129
- Data Collection and Analysis Methods 133
- Limitations and Mitigation Measures 135
- World Bank Group Portfolio Fiscal Years 137
- 200822 137
