Despite the political situation in Iraq, civil society groups seem adamant on continuing their legitimate fight for sound accountability mechanisms in the country. This is especially true with the run up to the implementation of the 2008 law on decentralization that will transfer the responsibility of services delivery to the provinces, and the resulting need …
At the 2015 World Bank Spring Meetings, the Office of the Executive Director – EDS 09 won the “Open for Business” award for the most transparent website among the 25 World Bank Executive Directors’ offices. Mr. Sung-Soo Eun, Executive Director from the Republic of Korea, received the award during the CSO Roundtable with World Bank …
Yemeni Parliamentarians Against Corruption (YPAC) launched its new project funded by OXFAM Novib through which it will establish a parliamentary group to monitor grants and loans made to the Yemeni government by international financial institutions and other donors. A three day workshop to launch the project was held in Amman, Jordan from the 8th to …
September 2014 18 individuals representing civil society organizations from Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen met in Amman, Jordan in September 2014 to discuss where each country is currently in the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) process with the World Bank and how participants can build on the experience of their colleagues in other MENA region countries, as …
September 2014 A group of Egyptian Civil Society Organizations (CSO)s participated in an event on the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) held at the World Bank office in Cairo in September 2014. An SCD is currently being prepared for Egypt as part of the World Bank’s process of developing a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to …
As part of its new corporate strategy, the World Bank has put together a new strategy for “Citizen Engagement” that aims to engage citizens throughout the development process and across Bank operations. Civic engagement is defined by the Bank as being a set of interrelated conditions that impact on the capacity of citizens and civil society organizations …
CSOs from the Middle East and North Africa participated in several statements, workshops, demonstrations and consultations on the World Bank draft Environmental and Social Safeguards.
The perceived high costs of World Bank safeguards are often used to justify the simplification of the policies. In fact, the evidence behind the claims of excessive safeguard costs is surprisingly flimsy.
Photo: Wasted development aid in the DRC. (Julien Harnels CC BY-SA 2.0) By Vince McElhinny, Senior Policy Advisor The credibility of President Kim’s Corporate Strategy is clearly designed to restore the World Bank’s financial relevance, and reversing a downward trend in project quality is one strategy for achieving that goal. Currently, over one third of …
See a collection of letters from Civil Society, news articles and more capturing reactions to the draft Environmental and Social Framework policy.