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The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is a unit within the World Bank Group, responsible for
the evaluation of projects and studying results and outcomes of the programs. The IEG has
conducted 26 evaluation studies of the Bank‟s projects in different fields in Asia, only two of
them are on Asian higher education. According to IEG‟s these evaluation reports most of the
World Bank‟s tertiary education projects performed poorly in low-income countries: 66% of the
projects failed to achieve the goals to increase enrollment. Similarly only 10% of the projects
achieved the objectives of equitable access of poor or disadvantaged students and likewise most
of the Bank‟s project on quality improvement could not help improve teaching methods, student
learning, or labor market outcomes. But Bank‟s many projects were successful in improving the
management and planning through establishing networks and supporting shared facility models.