Blog piece by IEG's Rasmus Heltberg & Anna Aghumian

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) calls for an international response. But when and why does collective action work best? We studied the World Bank Group’s global collaborations to find out.

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This ECG Practice Note focuses on the last step in the evaluation process, namely the follow up and reporting on the implementation of recommendations, which are defined as the systematic assessment of, and reporting on, the extent to which the agreed and/or partially agreed evaluation recommendations are implemented as planned.

Interviews with Fabrizio Felloni, Independent Office of Evaluation, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Juha Uitto, Independent Evaluation Office at Global Environment Facility (GEF). 

IEG has a created a repository of work highlighting lessons from previous crisis which can help guide responses to the current Coronavirus pandemic.

As the global community ramps up efforts to confront the Coronavirus pandemic, evidence from the responses to past crises offers important lessons on what worked and why. These lessons can help guide the various responses to the health and economic challenges posed by the Coronavirus.

The ways in which international organizations help countries respond may define not only the future trajectory of the pandemic, but also the duration of the current economic crisis and the direction of the world’s eventual recovery. IEG has studied the responses to past crises and identifies five lessons to help both countries and the World Bank Group address the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus.

A global effort is needed to ensure all countries are ready to combat COVID-19 (coronavirus) with evidence. Every government needs robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems now more than ever to design effective policies.