WASHINGTON — The World Bank Group is developing a new strategy for fragile and conflict-affected states that the institution’s leaders hope can “systematize” the bank’s approach to engaging in complex situations that demand an increasing share of its resources.
The strategy will aim “to position the World Bank Group’s development support within the broader strategic context of our international partners’ efforts in fragility, conflict, and violence — FCV — with a huge push and a huge focus on prevention,” said Franck Bousquet, senior director of the bank’s fragility, conflict, and violence group.
That will mean examining the different types of fragile contexts where the bank might engage to understand what approach it should take under different conditions. It will also involve reviewing staffing and personnel, the bank’s approach to partnerships, as well as internal policies that govern implementation.