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Member states <strong>of</strong>:<br />

199<br />

All five WBG organizations, Four WBG organizations, Three WBG organizations<br />

Two WBG organizations, IBRD only<br />

5.3.6 The World Bank <strong>and</strong> civil society organizations (CSOs)<br />

Source: Wikipedia<br />

The Bank has been <strong>in</strong>teract<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> civil society organizations (CSOs) by <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>se<br />

actors <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> consultation <strong>and</strong> collaboration throughout <strong>the</strong> world s<strong>in</strong>ce 1970. These<br />

organizations represent a vast class <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> society from different pr<strong>of</strong>essions, groups, schools <strong>of</strong><br />

thoughts, faiths <strong>and</strong> movements. The Bank works with CSOs to share <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>novative ideas, to<br />

f<strong>in</strong>d <strong>the</strong> practicable solutions, to enhance <strong>the</strong> efficiency <strong>and</strong> effectiveness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> projects.<br />

With <strong>the</strong> passage <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>of</strong> CSOs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> World Bank funded projects has been ris<strong>in</strong>g<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>uously: from twenty one percent <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1990s to more than eighty six percent <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last<br />

decade.<br />

In many <strong>countries</strong> CSOs have become a key actors policy reforms, human capital development<br />

efforts, socio-economic development <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational affairs. Likewise CSOs are engaged <strong>in</strong><br />

many multilateral <strong>in</strong>ternational projects: Education for All goals (EFA), <strong>the</strong> Millennium<br />

Development Goals (MDGs), Country Assistance Strategies (CASs), Poverty Reduction<br />

Strategies (PRSPs) environment protection programs etc. The Bank funds CSOs directly through

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