Series - Records of the Director, Operations Evaluation Department

Operations Evaluation - Relations with Executive Directors Operations Evaluation - Operations and the impact of the Bank's evaluation system - Volume 2 Operations Evaluation - Operations Evaluation Department (OED) Operations Evaluation - Memoranda to Mr. McNamara - Volume 2 Operations Evaluation - Preliminary information Operations Evaluation - Memoranda to Mr. McNamara Operations Evaluation - Memoranda to Mr. McNamara - Volume 3 Operations Evaluation - Board of Executive Directors Operations Evaluation - Operations and the impact of the Bank's evaluation system - Volume 1 Accounting and Auditing Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO] - OEDDR - Division Files - Correspondence - Volume 1

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WB IBRD/IDA OPE-01

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Records of the Director, Operations Evaluation Department

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  • 1970 - 1998 (Creation)

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4.16 linear feet of textual records

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The records in this series contain the reports, correspondence, and studies compiled by the Directors of OED (OEDDR). The Director is selected by the Director-General, Operations Evaluation (DGO), and is responsible for the overall management of the OED. Principal functions include:

  • assisting the Director-General in making periodic assessments of the adequacy and effectiveness of the operations evaluation system in light of the institutional objectives of the World Bank;

  • carrying out reviews of the Bank's completion reports and other self-evaluations, performance audits on selected completed projects, impact evaluations, and evaluation studies focusing on operational programs, policies, strategies, and processes;

  • assisting member countries to develop their own operations evaluation capacities; and

  • disseminating evaluation findings both within the Bank and to the wider development community.

The series contains the records of Christopher R. Willoughby, who was the first Director of OED. Primarily consisting of memoranda, these records document the early development of the operations evaluation function and of the Operations Evaluation Department in the 1970s. Also contained in this file are records of subsequent OED Directors from the 1980s and 1990s. These records relate to a variety of topics.

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Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

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17 September 2009

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