The World Bank is in the process of finalizing a new “corporate scorecard” that the bank will use to better align its lending with the twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity.
The new scorecard — a set of metrics used to analyze the Washington, D.C.-based institution’s performance and the broader development context — was released in April, but is still being finalized ahead of the bank’s next round of meetings in October. Although discussions about what indicators and target goals are most appropriate are still ongoing, and the document is full of “tbd’s” and placeholders, the updated version shows the general direction the World Bank is heading with the tool.
In the past, the scorecard has mostly been used as a communications and accountability tool, especially with the bank’s board of directors, but the bank’s senior leadership wants to use the new version as a management tool by aligning performance metrics and incentives across offices.
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Paul Stephens is a former Devex staff writer based in Washington, D.C. As a multimedia journalist, editor and producer, Paul has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, CBS Evening News, GlobalPost, and the United Nations magazine, among other outlets. He's won a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for a 5-month, in-depth reporting project in Yemen after two stints in Georgia: one as a Peace Corps volunteer and another as a communications coordinator for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
