Summary of Evaluation Findings of 10 Projects that Include Indigenous People as Beneficiaries

For this Bank study (RE-261) a set of projects in five countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru were chosen. This document presents a summary of the 10 evaluation findings of these projects and is organized around a number of issues that should be resolved if Bank projects are to improve. Chapter 2 includes discussions of targeting, budgeting, and decentralization issues in projects. Chapter 3 discusses the issues of service inequality, priorities, community participation, and gender. Finally, Chapter 4 contains conclusions and recommendations.