In a meeting held with civil society representatives from Arab countries during the October 2016 World Bank/IMF annual meetings, Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, announced progress in easing access to Arabic documents on the World Bank’s website. The Middle East and North Africa Department is the …
On Friday, October 7, 2016 civil society and World Bank representatives gathered to discuss the Tunisian experience of development and decentralization. In the aftermath of the revolution and the new constitution in Tunisia, the Government has made strong commitments to make their vision of a participatory decentralized democratic state a reality. Development agencies such as …
From September 23 to 25 2016, 33 individuals representing civil society organizations from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, and Jordan met in Beirut Lebanon in September 2016 to discuss how participants can build on the experiences of their colleagues in other MENA region countries, as well as strategies and modes of engagement with the …
This post is also available in: French On May 17 2016, the World Bank Group released the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Tunisia for the 2016-2020 period. This formally concluded the CPF drafting process that started in January 2014. The final document highlights the critical role the WBG aspires to play in developing the private …
The World Bank has committed to 100% beneficiary feedback in its projects and aims through its corporate strategy to empower citizens to participate in the development process. At the same time, since 2012 over 60 countries have passed legislation restricting civil society’s ability to freely operate and many communities face intimidation or criminalization when raising …
In December 2015, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Egypt. The CPF is a collaborative strategy between the World Bank Group (WBG) and the client government which defines the development priorities on which the WBG will build and mobilize their support to Egypt for the period …
This post is also available in: French In light of the political transition in Tunisia, the World Bank Group (WBG) is in the process of developing a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the 2016-2020 grant period. This CPF will not only guide the WBG’s operations in Tunisia but it also aims to support the …
Ce message est également disponible en: arabe Ce message est également disponible en: anglais Compte tenu de la transition politique en Tunisie, le Groupe de la Banque mondiale (GBM) est en train d’élaborer un nouveau cadre de partenariat pays (CPP) pour la période de subvention allant de 2016 à 2020. Ce CPP non seulement guidera les opérations …
This post is also available in: French. In late March 2016, the World Bank Group’s (WBG) President, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, along with the UN Secretary General, paid a visit to Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia. The trip’s purpose was to reiterate the commitment of multilateral institutions to stability in the MENA region. Tunisia was …
Linked below is a list of projects that the World Bank Group is financing or proposing to finance in Iraq as of April 28, 2016. The projects are funded by either the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the part of the World Bank Group that makes loans to the public sector in Middle …