How the World Bank Group Gauges "Broad Community Support" for Projects

October 9 2008, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:

Room MCC1-100
World Bank Main Building
1818 H St., NW Washington, DC

Contact:

This panel examined the practical experiences and challenges of implementing broad community support in a selection of World Bank Group projects and discussed the following questions:

  • How does the WBG document and decide whether a client has obtained broad community support?
  • What strategies have clients used to obtain broad community support?

Panelists

Organizers

Panel Report

  • Summary Report (PDF, 416 Kb) – includes speaker biographies, participant list
  • Annex (PDF, 528 Kb) – World Bank and IFC Policies on “Broad Community Support”