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Communication: The One Thing that Really Works in Governance Reform?

A recent report by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) entitled Public Sector Reform: What Works and Why? offers interesting insights into the recent work on governance at the Bank. The report notes that about one-sixth of Bank support in lending and advisory services now goes into public sector reform, although it makes the argument that most of this actually goes to reform of financial management.