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This  evaluation assesses the World Bank’s early portfolio of COVID-19 support aimed at saving lives, protecting the poor and vulnerable people, and strengthening institutions in these areas. It includes multilevel analyses, anchored at the country level, to triangulate evidence for early learning from the implementation of World Bank’s support. This note highlights that institutional strengthening should be targeted throughout the response, beginning early in the relief stage, to ensure sustained support to countries and maintain a clear route toward their longer-term development priorities. Crosscutting all pillars is a focus on gender equality; digitalization; monitoring, evaluation, and learning; and encouraging innovations. Moreover, the response is intended to concentrate on selected investment areas that will have the highest impact, given limited resources. This is a useful document for policy makers engaged in planning COVID-19 response for sustained impact.   Click here to read the document.