Zimbabwe: World Bank had "negligible" impact on development

The World Bank's assistance programmes in Zimbabwe have been largely "unsatisfactory" over the past two decades, a new independent assessment has concluded. According to a Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) report released in May this year, the impact of the Bank's programmes on the country's overall development between 1980 and 2001 had been "negligible". The CAE is an official assessment mechanism that appraises the relevancy, efficacy, and institutional development of the Bank's assistance programmes.