Course Features that Help Participants Learn: Experience at the World Bank Institute

As a facilitator of global knowledge and learning for development, the World Bank Institute (WBI) offers a range of learning products, many of which are skill-building courses. This paper includes the following headings: the challenge; the World Bank Institute (WBI) intervention; underlying assumptions; evaluation method and instruments; participants and response rates; evaluation results -- learning effectiveness; evaluation results -- course features represented; evaluation results -- course features that enhanced learning; evaluation results -- course features that enhanced equity; evaluation results -- course features with no effect on learning achievement or equity; implications and conclusions; and acknowledgement.