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                       COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS


FROM: The Secretary, Committee on Development Effectiveness


                      Minutes of the Meeting held on Monday, November 25, 2013
                                    at 11:02 a.m. in the Board Room

Present:

Committee
Mr. Bravo (Chair)
Mr. Alzetta
Mr. Grishin
Ms. Hoven
Mr. Kalyalya
Mr. Mukai (Acting Alternate)
Ms. Santala
Mr. Tareque (Alternate)

Other Executive Directors and Alternates
Messrs./Mmes. Annalalai, Bor, Clark, Delaney, Giordano, Julia, Liu, Morais, Mufarrij, Peters,
Rolon De Sannemann, Sawadogo and Speer

Officers and Staff
Messrs./Mmes. Molnar, Peters, Saadah, Tao and Van Gelder. Baechli (Secretary)


Program-for-Results Two-Year Review: Concept Note

1.      The Committee met to discuss the document entitled Program-for-Results Two-Year Review:
Concept Note (CODE2013-0044). The Committee endorsed the Concept Note, which will be made publicly
available. A report from the Committee to the Board will be prepared.

Date of Next Meeting

2.      The Committee was schedule to meet on December 9, 2013.

Adjournment

3.      The meeting adjourned at 12:07 p.m.
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                    The following items have been approved and endorsed by the
                              Committee on Development Effectiveness
                                  on an Absence of Objection Basis
                             between October 30 and November 15, 2013


1.       The Committee recorded its approval on October 30, 2013 of the Minutes of the meetings
held on July 11, 2012 (CODE/M2013-0001), July 18, 2012 (CODE/M2013-0002), September 5, 2012
(CODE/M2013-0003), September 19, 2012 (CODE/M2013-0004), September 24, 2012
(CODE/M2013-0005), November 30, 2012 (CODE/M2013-0006), December 14, 2012
(CODE/M2013 0007), December 19, 2012 (CODE/M2013-0008), February 4, 2013
(CODE/M2013 0009), February 25 (CODE/M2013-0010), March 13, 2013 (CODE/M2013-0011),
April 8, 2013 (CODE/M2013-0013), June 17 (CODE/M2013-0016), June 24, 2013
(CODE/M2013-0017), July 10, 2013 (CODE/M2013-0018) and July 24, 2013 (CODE/M2013-0019).

2.      The Committee recorded its endorsement on November 15, 2013 of the document entitled
Procurement in World Bank Investment Project Finance – Phase I: Proposed New Framework (Revised)
(AC2013-0013/3[CODE2013-0017/3]). A statement by Mr. Mukesh Prasad was circulated on November 7,
2013, and a statement by Mr. Shinxin Chen was circulated on November 19, 2013.