World Bank-Civil Society Engagement : Review of Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006
Fiscal Year 2005 and 2006 have confirmed a growing trend in Bank-civil society relations: more substantive policy dialogue at the global level, and greater country-level operational collaboration. Not only is the policy dialogue around complex and...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/962481530260086469/World-Bank-Civil-Society-engagement-review-of-fiscal-years-2005-and-2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30186 |
| Summary: | Fiscal Year 2005 and 2006 have confirmed
a growing trend in Bank-civil society relations: more
substantive policy dialogue at the global level, and greater
country-level operational collaboration. Not only is the
policy dialogue around complex and sensitive issues at the
global level becoming more fluid, but the PRS process
continues to open up important policy space for
government-civil society engagement at the country level. On
the operational level, as the joint tsunami reconstruction
efforts in Asia are demonstrating, civil society and
governments can be complementary partners in the development
process. Yet as the Bank’s own Issues and Options paper and
various CSO critiques have confirmed, the Bank faces many
challenges in order to realize the greater opportunities
that Bank-civil society dialogue and collaboration have to
offer. The Bank must improve its own mechanisms for civil
society engagement and accountability; ensure that best
practices are applied more consistently across the
institution; and encourage member governments to improve the
enabling environment for civil society to flourish in their countries. |
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