Member's Documents
Early-Stage Evaluation of International Finance Corporation Platforms Approach
Published by: Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World Bank Group
As an early-stage evaluation, the report did not examine the profitability or development impact of the platforms currently underway. Rather, it assessed the extent to which IFC platforms achieved their stated objectives, including:
- Responding to crisis at scale
- Engaging with small and new clients, and in new sectors
- Engaging with clients of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, and in fragile and conflict situations
The evaluation also assessed the extent to which IFC’s platforms approach meets expectations on oversight, reporting, and efficiency gains while balancing risks and benefits to enhance trust over time.
It also provides insights derived from focus group discussions of early experience to assist IFC in shaping the future use of platforms to address crises and global challenges and to reach new and small clients and markets.
The evaluation makes two recommendations on the future use of platforms and on platform reporting and monitoring.
