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Acknowledgements<br />

This evalu<strong>at</strong>ion of the <strong>World</strong> Bank’s organiz<strong>at</strong>ional effectiveness was prepared by an<br />

IEG team led by Anis Dani. <strong>The</strong> evalu<strong>at</strong>ion was carried out under the guidance of<br />

Cheryl Gray (former Director) and Mark Sundberg (Manager), and the direction of<br />

Caroline Heider (Director General) and Vinod Thomas (former Director General).<br />

Team members included Karen Coulibaly, Brett Libresco, Manuel Penalver-<br />

Quesada, Bahar Salimova, Salv<strong>at</strong>ore Schiavo-Campo, Jesse Torrence, and Bowen<br />

Uhlenkamp. Daniela Gressani, Hans-Martin Boehmer, and Christine Wallich<br />

provided valuable feedback <strong>at</strong> several stages of the evalu<strong>at</strong>ion. <strong>The</strong> team also<br />

acknowledges the advice received from Amit Banerji on IFC’s m<strong>at</strong>rix system and<br />

Geeta B<strong>at</strong>ra on the recommend<strong>at</strong>ions and Management Action Record.<br />

Peer reviewers were Nicholas Argyres (Senior Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean for Faculty and<br />

Vernon W. and Marion K. Piper Professor of Str<strong>at</strong>egy, Olin Business School,<br />

Washington University in St. Louis), Nancy MacPherson (Rockefeller Found<strong>at</strong>ion),<br />

Praful P<strong>at</strong>el (former vice president, South Asia Region) and Joanne Salop (former<br />

vice president, Oper<strong>at</strong>ion Policy and Country Services).<br />

IEG is gr<strong>at</strong>eful to <strong>World</strong> Bank management and staff for providing valuable time,<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion, and feedback required to conduct this evalu<strong>at</strong>ion. In particular, IEG<br />

thanks the Managing Directors, the <strong>M<strong>at</strong>rix</strong> Leadership Team, and the Internal<br />

Reform Secretari<strong>at</strong> for feedback during the consult<strong>at</strong>ions for finalizing the<br />

evalu<strong>at</strong>ion report. IEG also acknowledges the assistance received from HR Analytics<br />

and Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Finance for their help in procuring essential staffing and budget d<strong>at</strong>a,<br />

and from the FPD Network and IFC for inform<strong>at</strong>ion regarding their organiz<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

systems. IEG would also like to acknowledge the insights from country and sector<br />

managers, and the several hundred staff who took the time to respond to the survey<br />

to help understand the complexities and challenges of the <strong>World</strong> Bank’s m<strong>at</strong>rix<br />

system.<br />

William Hurlbut and Cheryl Toksoz edited the report and Maria Gabriela Padrino<br />

helped with the form<strong>at</strong>ting of the report, Melvin Vaz provided analytical assistance<br />

during the initial phase of the evalu<strong>at</strong>ion, and Aline Dukuze provided<br />

administr<strong>at</strong>ive support to the team and helped with production of the report.<br />

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