TY - BOOK ID - 314557 TI - Analyzing the effects of policy reforms on the poor : an evaluation of the effectiveness of World Bank support to poverty and social impact analysis AU - Carvalho, Soniya. AU - World Bank. PY - 2010 SN - 0821382942 1282725572 9786612725579 1441669655 9780821382946 0821382934 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Economic assistance KW - Poverty KW - Economic policy KW - Social planning KW - Social development planning KW - Planning KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Destitution KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Evaluation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:314557 AB - This IEG evaluation, requested by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors, represents the first independent evaluation of the PSIA experience. The evaluation finds that:. The PSIA approach has appropriately emphasized the importance of assessing the distributional impact of policy actions, understanding institutional and political constraints to development, and building domestic ownership for reforms. PSIA's have not always explicitly stated their operational objectives (i.e., informing country policies, informing Bank operations, and/or contributing to country capacity). PSIAs hav ER -