Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Management Response -- Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness -- Chapter 1 Objective, Scope, and Method of Evaluation -- Objectives and Framework -- Scope -- Criteria for Evaluation -- Methods -- Chapter 2 Historical Overview of Public Sector Reform at the World Bank -- 1946 to 1982: PSR at the Margins -- 1983 to 1989: Focus on Quality of Government -- 1990 to 1996: Increasing Awareness of Governance Agenda -- 1997 to 2007: PSR Efforts Become Central, Include Anticorruption -- Chapter 3 World Bank Support for Public Sector Reform -- Lending Projects for Public Sector Reform -- AAA Tasks for Public Sector Reform -- Institutional Development Grants -- Thematic Distribution of PSR Projects -- Staffing for PSR -- Chapter 4 How Public Sector Reform Outcomes Differ by Country Groups -- Measurement, Attribution, and the Role of Governments, the Bank, and Donors -- Summary Results -- IEG Project Ratings -- Reasons for Country Differences -- Chapter 5 Public Sector Reform Outcomes and Performance by Thematic Area -- Overview of Thematic Differences -- Summary Lessons from Thematic Comparisons -- Chapter 6 Strategic Summary, Ratings, and Recommendations -- Reform Motivations, Expectations, and Success Factors -- Country PSR Strategy Entry Points -- Summary Evaluation Ratings -- Recommendations -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX A: DATA SET DESCRIPTION: PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM LENDING, AAA, AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS -- APPENDIX B: STATEMENT BY THE EXTERNAL ADVISORY PANEL -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Boxes -- Box 1.1: Scope of Review on the Bank's Anticorruption Activity -- Box 4.1: Pros and Cons of CPIA as a Governance Measure -- Box 5.1: Too Much Attention to the Technical Aspects-Not Enough to the Human Element in Ghana.

Box 5.2: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative-Multi-Donor Trust Fund -- Figures -- Figure ES.1: Lending Projects with Significant PSR Components, 1990-2006 -- Figure 3.1: Lending Projects with Significant PSR Components, 1990-2006 -- Figure 3.2: Lending Value in Projects with a Significant PSR Component -- Figure 3.3: Regional Distribution of Public Sector Reform Projects -- Figure 3.4: Themes Included in Projects with Significant PSR Funding -- Figure 3.5: Public Sector Reform Conditions -- Figure 5.1: Number of CSA Projects with Various Subcategories of Conditions -- Tables -- Table 1.1: Results Framework for Public Sector Reform -- Table 1.2: Case Study Countries -- Table 3.1: Public Sector Reform AAA Products (number of products) -- Table 3.2: IDF Grants on Public Sector Reform Themes (numbers of grants) -- Table 3.3: Public Sector Reform Lending and AAA Activities in Relation to Public Sector Governance -- Table 3.4: Public Sector Staffing and Specialties by Region -- Table 4.1: Percent of Countries with Improved CPIA Governance Scores by PSR Theme and IDA/IBRD Classification -- Table 4.2: Percent of Countries with Improved Governance CPIA Scores by Region, 1999-2006 -- Table 4.3: Summary of IEG Project Ratings for Closed PSR Projects, 1999-2006 -- Table 5.1: Changes in Selected CPIA Scores by PSR Theme, Initial Governance Score, and IDA/IBRD Classification -- Table 5.2: Improvement Rates in Public Financial Management (CPIA 13) by IDA/IBRD Classification -- Table 5.3: Civil Service and Administrative Reform: Types and Challenges -- Table 5.4: State Capture and Bureaucratic Corruption, and Indirect Ways to Combat Them -- Table 6.1: Overall Bank Performance Ratings, 1999-2006.