Completion and Learning Review Review Mauritius - FY17-FY21 Country Partnership Framework - Ratings and Executive Summary

Jul 19, 2026

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Completion and Learning Review (CLR) assesses the World Bank Group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Mauritius covering FY17–FY21 and updates from the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) through August 30, 2021. The review evaluates development outcomes, focus areas on competitiveness, inclusion, and resilience, and rates results for the CPF and implementation performance. It highlights strong performance in education, satisfactory contributions in digital governance, and preliminary gains in financial sector governance, while noting evidence-quality limitations where indicators were mainly process and output based.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages25

Reading Time1 h 3 min

I. Executive Summary

Purpose and scope of the review

Program focus areas and expected contributions

IEG ratings and evidence on results

World Bank Group performance and design assessment

Public Disc losure Authorized CLR Review Independent Evaluation Group Completion and Learning Review Review Mauritius FY17-FY21 Country Partnership Framework August 8, 2022 Ratings | | CLR Rating | CLRR (IEG) Rating | | --- | --- | --- | | Development Outcome: | Satisfactory | Moderately Satisfactory | | WBG Performance: | Good | Good | Pub lic Disc losure Authorized I. Executive Summary i. This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), FY17-FY21, and updated in the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) dated August 30, 2021, which extended the CPF period to FY22 . ii. The WBG program sought to support selected components of the Government of Mauritius’s plan with an emphasis on increasing competitiveness, fostering inclusion, and bolstering resilience and sustainability, which were based on priorities identified in the WBG’s Systemic Country Diagnostic (SCD). The World Bank supported program was primarily a knowledge program (ASA, RAS) --with one regional DPO that was approved prior to the period and closed during the period. There was one IFC investment, one advisory mandate, and one MIGA guarantee. The program implemented during the CPF period was broadly aligned with the WBG’s twin corporate goals. Focus Area I (Increasing Competitiveness) directly contributed to improvement of the business environment. Focus Area II (Fostering Inclusion) sought to improve the implementation of education reforms, addressing issues of poverty and shared prosperity through skills development and inclusion. Focus Area III (Bolstering Resilience and Sustainability) sought to assist the Government in enhancing policy coherence and creating capacity for planning and crisis response reaching the most vulnerable faster, efficiently and with adequate support reducing the risk of poverty increases and strengthening financial sector governance so financial products can reach lower income households and small retailers better and more efficiently. iii. IEG rates the CPF development outcome as Moderately Satisfactory. IEG rated the outcome under the four objectives as: achieved for the Increased Capacity to Implement Education Reforms objective; mostly achieved for the Build Capacity to Implement Strengthening Financial Sector Governance objective, and partially achieved for the Improved Environment for Regional Trade and Investment objective and the Improved Public Sector Effectiveness for Planning and Crisis Management objective. The program showed strong results in education, satisfactory results under digital governance and preliminary good results under financial sector governance. IEG rates Focus Areas I – Increasing Competitiveness – as Moderately Unsatisfactory, with little progress on development outcomes even though all indicators (mostly related to outputs and processes) were achieved or exceed. IEG rates Focus Area II – Fostering Inclusion – as Satisfactory given the strong contributions to the education reform, a key element of the Government’s 2020-24 program. IEG rates Focus Area III – Bolstering Resilience and Sustainability – as Moderately Satisfactory given the combination of one partially achieved objective and the other objective mostly achieved. Progress was made on the payments system and adoption of a better risk sensitive supervisory approach for the financial sector, and the FY22/23 budget was informed by strategic analysis and planning. Results indicators in this Focus Area were primarily process and output based, undermining the quality of evidence presented on the achievement of objectives. iv. World Bank Group performance was Good. CPF design was relevant to Mauritius’s development challenges. It was aligned with the Government program, reflected the priorities highlighted during consultations and focused on a small set of objectives given the Government’s limited demand for WBG support. It also identif

FAQs

What period does the Completion and Learning Review cover for Mauritius?

It covers the Country Partnership Framework period FY17–FY21, with updates reflected in the Performance and Learning Review dated August 30, 2021 extending the CPF period to FY22.

How did IEG rate the overall CPF development outcome?

IEG rates the CPF development outcome as Moderately Satisfactory.

Which focus areas performed best according to IEG?

Education-related results under Focus Area II (Fostering Inclusion) are rated Satisfactory, while digital governance showed satisfactory results and financial sector governance showed preliminary good results under Focus Area III.

Jul 19, 2026

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