The World Bank and Poverty in Africa : A critical Assessment of the Bank's Operational Strategy for Poverty Reduction

About the publication

  • Published: August 1998
  • Series: Evaluation report
  • Type: Evaluations
  • Carried out by: Christian Michelsen Institute
  • Commissioned by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Country:
  • Theme: Banking and financial services
  • Pages: 96
  • Serial number: 7/1998
  • ISBN: 82-7177-524-3
  • ISSN: --
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The purpose of this report is to review experiences of the World Bank in operationalising policies for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Operationalisation is understood as the linkages between the Bank's strategies for poverty reduction and their lending programmes and interventions.

Published 31.12.2009
Last updated 16.02.2015