Global and Country Initiatives

WBI is currently involved in interventions in different countries to test approaches to capacity developments in varied contexts.

Global / Regional Initiatives

Shanghai

The conference on “Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Process” in Shanghai was part of a global learning process that allowed key development actors to share their experiences and policy lessons learned from poverty reduction initiatives around the world.

Mediterranean Development Forum The conference, "Progress for All, Visions for the Future," focused on different visions of addressing critical regional economic and social issues.

Marseille KNA-MENA

The World Bank Group opened a technical office in Marseille, the MENA Knowledge Network Agency (KNA), in response to increasing demand from the MENA Region for expertise and knowledge services. The objective of the MENA KNA is to support capacity development and facilitate knowledge sharing and learning throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Country Based Initiatives

Madagascar

WBI organized a series of retreats in Madagascar at the request of the Malagasy Government. These examined global experiences in governance and private sector development issues, and also focused on implementation issues and continuous learning within the government to improve performance and achieve development results.

Lao PDR
Lao PDR is a designated focus country where capacity development is pillar of the Bank’s country assistance strategy and program.  In close collaboration with the country team, WBI is providing assistance on the design, implementation, and monitoring of capacity development interventions for both lending and non-lending activities.

Kenya

WBI utilized the Rapid-Results Approach (RRA) to support implementation processes in Kenya. The government viewed the RRA as a useful and timely tool that helped jump-start the change processes, proving particularly crucial with regards to the ambitious Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) for Wealth and Employment Creation.   

Ethiopia 

WBI, in collaboration with partner institutions and the government of Ethiopia, sponsored a e-dialogue series, “Developing a National Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Strategy,” to facilitate exchange between Ethiopian decision makers and international practitioners with experience in the design and implementation of international infrastructure.

Chad
WBI, along with the country team, is assisting the government of Chad in its efforts to strengthen public financial management. The WBI program aims to define country capacity development needs and to tailor a customized country-focused intervention with special attention to oil-revenue management.

Central African Republic
At the request of the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), WBI and the World Bank LICUS team assisted the government of CAR in the delivery of a leadership training seminar in Bangui, CAR, in November 2004. The seminar was co-sponsored by BONUCA and UNDP and was designed around key results in the government's transition matrix. The seminar provided experiences from leaders from other African countries, which have also gone through post-conflict transitions.