World Bank unveils new scorecard to measure accountability
WASHINGTON - The World Bank Group unveiled a framework on Tuesday for measuring the results of its development work with 22 indicators in what a top official called an important advance in the bank's push to increase transparency and accountability.
The U.S. and other major shareholders have pushed the World Bank to improve how it helps countries address issues such as climate change and pandemic preparedness. It will enable a closer look at development outcomes by adopting a more"people-centric" approach, Bjerde said. The bank sees the scorecard as part of its push to focus on outcomes, not inputs, for instance by measuring the number of people that actually use financial services, not just how many have access.
The data will include transparent data broken down by gender, regions, age and whether people are in fragile and conflicted-affected countries.
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