REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the Bank Information Center (BIC) have jointly prepared Comments on the Public Information Interim Policy of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in preparation for the first annual review of the Policy, due in January 2017. The analysis shows that the AIIB is lagging behind …
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 …
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 …
At the 2016 World Bank Annual Meetings, the Offices of the Executive Directors – EDS 01 and EDS14 won the “Open for Business” award for the most transparent website among the 25 World Bank Executive Directors’ offices. Mr. Matt McGuire, Executive Director for the United States, and Mr. Louis Rene Peter Laros, Executive Director for Botswana, …
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 …
Ce message est également disponible en anglais et en arabe. À la fin de Mars 2016, le Président du Groupe de la Banque mondiale (GBM), Dr Jim Yong Kim, ainsi que le Secrétaire Général de l’ONU, ont rendu visite au Liban, en Irak, en Jordanie et en Tunisie. Le but du voyage était de réitérer …
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 …
On December 5, 2015, a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from different countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) submitted a joint letter to World Bank Group officials (WBG or Bank) regarding the Bank’s MENA regional program implementation of its translation framework. Having the signing support of twenty-five CSOs from Yemen, Iraq, …
At the 2015 World Bank Annual Meetings, the Office of the Executive Director – EDS 01 won the “Open for Business” award for the most transparent website among the 25 World Bank Executive Directors’ offices. Mr. McGuire, Executive Director from the United States of America, received the award during the CSO Roundtable with World Bank …
Members of Congress, including Democratic Leader Pelosi and members of House Financial Services Committee, write to U.S. agencies and World Bank President Kim to back proper U.S. government oversight, independent accountability mechanisms and stronger safeguard policies