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World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast

World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group

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Frequency: 1 episode/75d. Total Eps: 26

What have we learned about global development? A show from the World Bank Group’s independent evaluation function, IEG.

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29/09/2026
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29/09/2026
#40
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28/09/2026
#59
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28/09/2026
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27/09/2026
#47
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Social Sciences
27/09/2026
#77
🇫🇷 France - Social Sciences
27/09/2026
#77
🇨🇦 Canada - Social Sciences
26/09/2026
#33
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Social Sciences
26/09/2026
#56
🇫🇷 France - Social Sciences
26/09/2026
#63

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S5E2 | Lessons from Getting AI-Ready at the World Bank Group

Season 5 · Episode 2

Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 20:02

The World Bank Group has been working to capture the efficiencies offered by Artificial Intelligence, while building institutional foundations to identify and address its inherent risks. The overarching goal is to transfer AI-enabled gains to the countries it works with, in the form of better, faster support and greater accountability.

In this episode of What Have We Learned?, host Darlene Christopher speaks with Craig Hammer, Manager of the World Bank's Development Data Group and its Global Data Facility, and Estelle Raimondo, Head of Methods at the Independent Evaluation Group and lead author of IEG's AI strategy. They discuss how they have been integrating AI into their workflows, from investing in robust data and building AI skills across staff, to advancing the governance and culture shifts that the responsible use of AI demands.

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S5E1 | Building a Knowledge Bank: Lessons from World Bank Lending

Season 5 · Episode 1

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 • Duration 21:50

What does it take for the World Bank Group to truly become a knowledge bank?

In this episode of What Have We Learned? we explore findings from IEG’s recent evaluation Learning in World Bank Lending, which examines how the World Bank captures, applies, and shares knowledge throughout the project cycle. Host Darlene Christopher is joined by Rasmus Heltberg (IEG), Andrea Kucey (World Bank), and Kristen Fenster (IFC) for a candid conversation on the Bank Group’s strengths, its persistent learning blind spots, and why informal, tacit knowledge often matters just as much as formal lessons.

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S4E4 | Lessons on implementing the blue economy

Episode 24

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 • Duration 19:59

This episode explores lessons from the World Bank’s support to the blue economy, a widely recognized approach to shift the way we work and think in ocean spaces. Blue economy principles emphasize planning, restorative, and inclusive actions that support the sustainable and equitable management of ocean resources for future generations.

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S4E3 | Lessons on measuring and delivering results for women and girls

Episode 23

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • Duration 20:49

This episode explores how monitoring and evaluation systems enable the World Bank Group to learn from its support for gender equality, assess whether it leads to meaningful change, and decide when to scale up or adjust efforts to maximize impact.

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S4E2 | Lessons on creating more and better jobs in low-income countries

Episode 22

Thursday, April 17, 2025 • Duration 21:42

Supporting the creation of more, better, and more inclusive jobs is critical towards achieving the goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity in countries. This is especially true for low-income countries that face multiple challenges, such as informal employment, inequality in earnings, and lack of opportunities, among others, when it comes to creating jobs. Tackling these multiple challenges requires a multipronged approach, including engaging with the private sector. Since 2014, the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, the International Development Association (IDA) has made jobs a particular focus in its projects.

In this episode, host, Birgit Hansl, Manager in the economic management and country program unit in IEG, speaks with Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez, Regional Director of the World Bank's Economic Policy Global Practice in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and Rashmi Shankar, Lead Economist in IEG. Together, they unpack the challenges that low-income countries face in creating better jobs and discuss how the World Bank can help address some of these challenges focusing on the role of the private sector.

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S4E1 | Lessons on improving learning outcomes in basic education

Episode 21

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 21:35

Countries worldwide are facing a learning crisis with high levels of learning poverty - with the poorest communities being the hardest hit. What are the lessons from World Bank’s efforts in addressing this learning crisis?

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S3E7 | From geo-pixels to evaluation insights

Episode 20

Thursday, June 13, 2024 • Duration 21:43

Geospatial analysis has the potential to provide new perspectives on major development challenges and shed new light on the impact of development interventions. This episode features a lively conversation about using geospatial analyses in evaluations, breakthroughs, challenges, and the future of this technology.

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S3E6 | Driving prosperity through financial inclusion

Episode 19

Monday, April 29, 2024 • Duration 24:51

Improving financial inclusion is linked to at least 9 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is considered by the World Bank Group as a key enabler of its mission of creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

This episode brings together two World Bank Group leaders spearheading financial inclusion efforts: Jean Pesme, Global Director for Finance, in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice; and Adel Meer, International Finance Corporation’s Manager for Financial Inclusion. The episode is hosted by Carmen Nonay, Director of the Finance, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Department at IEG

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S3E5 | Reaching women and girls trapped in violence and conflict

Episode 18

Monday, February 26, 2024 • Duration 23:31

The World Bank is committed to reaching women and girls trapped in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts with support aimed at meaningful and lasting change. How is the World Bank approaching this challenge? What lessons can be learned from its experience?

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S3E4 | Lessons on creating an enabling environment for private sector climate action

Episode 17

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 • Duration 19:29

This episode explores how countries can better engage the private sector towards addressing climate change and its impact and the role that the World Bank and other international organizations play in this.

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