World Bank Country Offices and Parliamentarians : A Survey
Country offices engage with parliamentarians for several reasons. Parliamentarians pass laws and discuss, modify, approve or reject other legislation relevant for the World Bank Group (budget, development programs, etc). They provide oversight in...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/17910392/world-bank-country-offices-parliamentarians-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17097 |
| Summary: | Country offices engage with
parliamentarians for several reasons. Parliamentarians pass
laws and discuss, modify, approve or reject other
legislation relevant for the World Bank Group (budget,
development programs, etc). They provide oversight in
sectors where the World Bank Group is active. They ratify
World Bank loans and projects or in donor countries, they
decide on International Development Association (IDA)
contributions or capital increases and occasionally seek to
influence World Bank policies. They allow the bank to have a
broader perspective than that of the government alone:
parliamentarians represent the communities that the World
Bank assists. They are a strong expression of public opinion
and are or can have a strong influence on key players of a
country s development and reform agenda. The World Bank
seeks to engage parliamentarians by providing information on
development, strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians,
and discussing World Bank policy, research and country work.
Often, country offices are the main point of contact. At the
end of 2009, the World Bank conducted a broad, informal
survey of country offices relationships with parliaments.
The survey explores the bank s interaction with
parliamentarians at the country level, as well as challenges
and opportunities for future interaction. Sixty-two
respondents, representing 75 countries from all regions
completed the survey. |
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