The Citing Africa podcast investigates the decline of Africa-based contributions in top international academic journals, provides practical guidance to young scholars seeking to publish their own work and takes a critical look at the wider context.
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The Citing Africa podcast investigates the decline of Africa-based contributions in top international academic journals, provides practical guidance to young scholars seeking to publish their own work and takes a critical look at the wider context.
Series 3 | Episode 3 - Assessing the Assessment, a look at the World Bank’s CPIA
Citing Africa
38 minutes 27 seconds
3 years ago
Series 3 | Episode 3 - Assessing the Assessment, a look at the World Bank’s CPIA
Contributor(s): | By Ioana Puricel and Nick Muller
This episode builds on the previous theme by zooming in on the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score. The scoring is based on what the Bank considers to be ideal policies and institutional qualities that contribute to growth, poverty reduction and thus aid effectiveness. We discuss criticisms and reforms for the CPIA with two prominent development scholars: Erik Thorbecke and Yusi Ouyang.
Notes and references:
IEG (2009). The World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment: An IEG Evaluation
OECD (2020). External financing to Least Developed Countries (LDCs): where we stand
Thorbecke, Erik. and Ouyang, Yusi (2016). Is Sub-Saharan Africa Finally Catching up?
Citing Africa
The Citing Africa podcast investigates the decline of Africa-based contributions in top international academic journals, provides practical guidance to young scholars seeking to publish their own work and takes a critical look at the wider context.
