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                       COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS



FROM: The Secretary, Committee on Development Effectiveness



                       Minutes of the Meeting held on Wednesday, April 22, 2015
                                    at 2:33 p.m. in the Board Room

Present:

Committee
Mr. Foxley (Chair)
Ms. Bajare (Alternate)
Ms. De Leon (Alternate)
Mr. Kayad
Mr. Larose
Ms. Mathiasen (Acting Alternate)
Ms. Mueller
Mr. Mukai (Acting Alternate)

Other Executive Directors and Alternates
Messrs./Mmes. Almutairi, Ansorena Montero, Bor, Charassangsomboon, Claverie De Saint-Martin, Garg,
Giordano, Gruninger, Kostzer, Liu, Mirjalili, Odey, Sycheva, Van Damme and Wissa

Officers and Staff
Messrs./Mmes. Cameron, Heider, Luo, Mountfield, Raghavan, Silva-Jauregui, Sundberg and Tacher.
Baechli (Committee Secretary)


The Poverty Focus of Country Programs: Lessons from World Bank Experience, together with the
Draft World Bank Management Response

1.     The Committee met to discuss the IEG document entitled The Poverty Focus of Country Programs:
Lessons from World Bank Experience (CODE2015-0015), together with the Draft World Bank Management
Response (CODE2015-0021). A report from the Committee to the Board will be prepared.

Date of Next Meeting

2.      The Committee was scheduled to meet on May 20, 2015. The CODE Sub Committee was scheduled
to meet April 29, 2015.

Adjournment

3.     The meeting adjourned at 4:19 p.m.