Review of Bank Assistance Effectiveness in the Health Sector - Evaluation Report Summary

The review was based on an extensive review of Bank health policy documents, guidelines, post-evaluation reviews and other relevant documents ; analysis of Bank project-related data; interviews with Bank health staff and managers; consultations with WHO-AFRO and other development partners in the health sector in Brazzaville on the preliminary review findings. The review was organized as follows: a) Review of Bank Health Sector Policy and Strategy; b) Cross-country portfolio review (56 projects profiled in Country Portfolio Reviews; supervision reports for 74 projects ; 14 PCRs; 2 PPERs) c) Country Health Sector Reviews (Ghana; Morocco; Tanzania). No field studies were carried out for the evaluation.