Transcript of Press Briefing: Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
Transcript of Africa's Regional Economic Outlook
Transcript of the Asia and Pacific Department Press Briefing
Transcript of the Asia and Pacific Department Press Briefing
WESTERN HEMISPHERE DEPARTMENT PRESS BRIEFING
Most Latin American countries and the Caribbean have successfully weathered recent shocks, very large shocks of the world economy. They rebounded strongly from the Pandemic and showed continued resilience in 2023 at the beginning of this year. But reality is that growth is slowing from 4.1 percent in 2022 to 2.3 percent this year and also in 2024.
EIB joins EU in condemning attacks against Israel
"The EIB Group firmly condemns the heinous attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israel. Such horrific and senseless violence is unacceptable and must stop. The EU Bank stands in full solidarity with Israel at this time,” stated the Bank on X (formerly Twitter) today.
EIB lends support to Global Polio Eradication Programme
In Brussels, EIB President Hoyer confirmed the EIB’s €500 million support for the Global Polio Eradication Programme and joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bill Gates, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell to highlight the EIB’s commitment to support the global fight against polio.
Statement of the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Group: Strengthening Our Collaboration for Greater Impact
The world faces a global “polycrisis” affecting human and economic development at an unprecedented scale. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been painfully slow. For many countries, that progress has stalled or reversed, while the climate emergency is felt in intensifying force around the globe, hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. A much scaled up global effort is thus required to eradicate poverty, accelerate inclusive socioeconomic development, and tackle transboundary challenges.
ECG Webinar Series: Evaluating Organizational Decentralization: Insights from IFAD and AfDB
Organizational decentralization is more than just a structural transformation; it's a strategic journey many development organizations embark on to enhance their proximity to clients and boost development effectiveness. This strategy is rooted in the belief that closer client engagement heightens relevance and overall development outcomes. But does this approach truly deliver as anticipated? And how do evaluations inform and optimize the effectiveness of such organizational shifts?
ECG Webinar series: Experimenting with GPT and Generative AI for evaluation practice
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of hype around Generative AI, ChatGPT, and other Large Language Models. Oscillating between awe and catastrophism, many opinions have been voiced. The Independent Evaluation Group’s Methods Team decided to take a dispassionate approach by doing what it does best, setting up clear experiments, and assessing the models as objectively as possible. In this webinar ,IEG shared with participants how to set up the experiments, what they found and what they recommend.
Call for interest for Junior Consultant: Evaluation Research Analyst
Expected / Major functional activities
Support evaluations led by an IOE staff member and carried out by an inter-disciplinary team. The evaluation research analyst will contribute to the conduct of IOE evaluations, including project level evaluations and higher-level evaluations (e.g., country strategy and programme evaluation, evaluation synthesis reports, corporate level evaluations).
Specific tasks may include the following: