Somali Communities Determine Economic Development Priorities A community-driven project in Somalia is helping farmers, students, and local business owners plan and implement home-grown initiatives to improve their lives. Read More...
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Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, a situation aggravated by the civil war and the absence of a functioning national government for over a decade. The World Bank has supported Somalia for many years by providing funding on 40 projects to help fight poverty and improve the living standards for the people here. Lending amounts have totaled approximately US$526.2 million.

In the absence of a national government to promote the country's development, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program issued a Country Re-engagement Note for Somalia. The note is intended to provide basic public goods, accelerate socio-economic recovery, and create an enabling environment for long-term institutional and policy change.

For more information on the role of the World Bank in Somalia, please refer to the Country Brief.

Country Economic Memorandum (CEM)

The Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a product of the partnership between the World Bank, UNDP-Somalia, other UN agencies and SACB members and it seeks to contribute to a better informed donor assistance strategy in Somalia, including the ongoing Joint Needs Assessment. More...

New Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) Web Site launched

The Somali Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) will provide an assessment of rehabilitation and transitional recovery needs and a reconstruction and development plan for the next five years. It is coordinated jointly by the UN & WB supported by donors and undertaken jointly with Somali authorities. For more see http://www.somali-jna.org.

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