The World Bank is committed to strengthening partnerships and sharing expertise and resources to increase aid effectiveness in fragile states and move the agenda forward.

The World Bank works closely with UN agencies as well as the UN Peace-Building Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC), other Multilateral Development Banks and bilateral donors to address the need for integrated approaches to support peace-building and state-building goals in fragile and conflict-affected countries.

The Bank has taken concrete actions to improve country-level coordination, such as the agreement with some 11 UN agencies on the UN-WB Fiduciary Principles Accord. This agreement which was signed in November 2008 aims to speed up joint responses to crises and emergencies by facilitating timely UN implementation of urgent ‘early phase’ activities in weak-capacity environments under trust funds administered by the Bank and vice versa.

The World Bank, the European Commission and the UN signed a Joint Declaration on Post-Crisis Assessments and Recovery Planning in September 2008.