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Development Aid - A Perspective on the Sustainability of World Bank Projects

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This paper focuses on the evaluation of the World Bank (WB) performance in delivering development aid to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). For this purpose, an extensive research was performed to analyze a set of 790 Implementation Completion and Results reports for sustainability outcomes. Results of this research provide various insights on sustainability ratings of project delivery of the LDCs and the African and Asian continent, whereas overall satisfying sustainability ratings are disclosed.

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  • Dominik Schafer, 2016. "Development Aid - A Perspective on the Sustainability of World Bank Projects," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(4), pages 241-241, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jsd123:v:9:y:2016:i:4:p:241
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