As part of its new corporate strategy, the World Bank is putting together a new strategy titled “Citizen Engagement” that aims to engage citizens throughout the development process and across Bank operations. However, the strategy is being designed in a way that contradicts the very principle it is aiming to promote: consultations have been planned …
Although the process for developing a Country Partnership Strategy/Framework (CPS/CPF) in Yemen has been postponed until 2015, Yemeni civil society organizations (CSOs) have already taken proactive steps to tell the World Bank how they would like to be consulted once the Bank begins developing its country approach. The proposal submitted to the Yemeni World Bank office …
The World Bank Group (“WBG” or “the Bank”) announced in 2014 that it is changing its Country Engagement approach, in line with the 2013 WBG Corporate Strategy that aims to streamline operations across the institution (public and private sector) and focus all operations moving forward on two goals of reducing absolute poverty and boosting shared …
The Bank Information Center submitted comments and recommendations on the World Bank’s proposal for how it will mainstream citizen engagement across its operations. The World Bank Group, as part of its 2013 corporate strategy, committed to streamlining how it engages with citizens throughout the development process and across its various operations. As part of this commitment, …
The pressure is mounting for the World Bank to adopt a climate safeguard The following map shows where Civil Society groups have spoken out for a climate change policy at the World Bank. Over 100 Civil Society Organizations representing more than 60 countries have been reaching out to the Executive Directors of the World Bank …
On April 12, 2014, the World Bank held a session for civil society during Spring Meetings in Washington, DC entitled “Safeguards Review and Update: Setting Standards for Sustainable Development.” A full eighteen months after the World Bank initiated the review of its social and environmental safeguard policies, the review process is once again moving …
In late April 2014 BIC participated in the Regional Dialogue “Trends in Infrastructure Investments in the Region Climate Change and Governance” in Lima, Peru with more than 20 other Latin American organizations. The event was organized in two parts, one public and one internal workshop. The main objectives in the “regional dialogue” were: • Articulation …
Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank CC BY-NC-ND The Bank Information Center (BIC), Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and Oxfam International have submitted recommendations to the World Bank Group on its proposed new approach to country engagement. As part of the new World Bank Group (WBG or Bank) Corporate Strategy that was approved in October …
Photo: © Kemal Jufri / Greenpeace A letter from over 30 civil society organizations, delivered on May 7th 2014, urges World Bank President Kim to include Development Policy Lending (DPL) in the ongoing Safeguard Policy Review and conduct a thorough assessment of DPL performance in avoiding or mitigating social and environmental risks. The World Bank Board Committee …
Life Haven Independent Living Center, a member of the Philippine Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, releases its most recent case study on the impact of the World Bank funded National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP) on persons with disabilities in the Philippines. The Community Driven Development approach allows empowered …