[open-development] Watch online, Oct. 3: Discussion of the World Bank's Governance and Anti-corruption Strategy

Mon Sep 26 20:54:06 UTC 2011

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*Development Gateway cordially invites you to join us online for a
discussion of*

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*World Bank Country-Level Engagement on Governance and Anticorruption:
An Evaluation of the 2007 Strategy and Implementation Plan**

**Monday, October 3, 2011*

10:00 – 11:15 am EST (3:00 - 4:15 pm GMT)

Bookmark this page<http://www.developmentgateway.org/news/monday-oct-3-join-discussion-world-bank-s-governance-and-anticorruption-strategy>to
watch live streaming online

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*Featuring**
Navin Girishankar *
Independent Evaluation Group – World Bank

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The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group recently published a new
report <http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/content/ieg/en/home/reports/gac.html>assessing
the Bank’s 2007 governance and anti-corruption strategy.  Findings
indicate that there has been progress since the strategy was launched, and
that the Bank continues to work on these issues virtually everywhere. For
example, the Bank has increased its use of governance and political analysis
in project design and relied more on countries’ own public management
systems for managing aid resources, particularly in weaker states. However,
there are important opportunities yet to be seized.  To date, implementation
has focused more on strengthening the Bank’s own capacities rather than on
strategic issues facing client countries.  More needs to be done in
countries to build institutional capacities, to address fiduciary and
governance risks, to improve measurement of governance results, and to help
foster the demand for good governance.

Navin Girishankar, who led the report, will present its findings and answer
questions about what the Bank should do going forward, and what the lessons
are for the broader development community. *Viewers can submit questions for
the Q&A portion in advance or during the event to
ekallaur at developmentgateway.org.*

To attend in person at the Development Gateway office in Washington, DC
(1889 F St, NW, 2nd Floor; Washington, DC  20006), please *RSVP by Friday,
September 30* to ekallaur at developmentgateway.org.
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