How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?

This research was undertaken as part of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability programme

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 19 March 2020

Country:: Burma, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan
Document Type:: Briefing
Theme:: Governance and Conflict
Authors:: Nadelman, R

Abstract

The World Bank provides one of the world’s largest sources of international development funding, in 2019 committing US$ 62.3bn in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to governments and private businesses. The institution’s responsibilities to partner governments are well defined. Yet its duty to consider the perspectives and experiences of those affected by its projects, as well as of civil society more broadly, remains ambiguous. Long-standing concerns about whether and how the World Bank demonstrates accountability to citizens have become amplified as it expands involvement in fragile, conflict-, and violence-affected settings.

This work is part of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) research programme.

Citation

Nadelman, R. (2020) ‘How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?’, IDS Policy Briefing 169, Brighton: IDS