Partnerships
Capacity development remains a fundamental challenge to achieving sustainable development despite considerable efforts from the international community. In 2010, the international community spent roughly US$130 billion on Official Development Assistance, of which more than a quarter was spent on activities designed to enhance capacity. WBI, in collaboration with its partners, is at the forefront of helping countries to design and implement effective capacity-development programs. As a connector to the best global and local sources of knowledge, we rely on our partners and agents of change to help us develop and deliver content. A majority of our programs are delivered with partners.
To achieve our vision of connecting globally and catalyzing change locally, WBI works with two broad categories of partners: Strategic Partners and Global, Regional, and Local Partners.
Strategic Partners enhance WBI’s intellectual resources, content base, knowledge networks, and financial resources. These partners, from the public and private sectors, provide roughly half of WBI’s resources spent directly on programs, which helps create cost-effective programs, coordinate activities, and harmonize aid.
Global, Regional, and Local Partners provide support in WBI’s client countries and help us deliver and scale up our programs and activities. They strengthen local ownership and commitment, mobilize local resources, and apply local knowledge. These partners include nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), foundations, universities, think tanks, and training institutions.
To maximize the impact of using available resources, WBI uses two instruments which complement its thematic-based partnerships.
The Multi-Donor Financing Facility is designed to enable like-minded partners to improve the effectiveness and impact of the assistance they devote to strengthening the capacity of countries to manage their development in innovative and effective way.
The South – South Experience Exchange Facility (South-South Facility) was launched by the World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick in 2008. The Facility enables developing countries to build their own capacity by sharing their development experiences and knowledge and by learning from one another. As a global development institution the World Bank is well positioned to help countries implement effective knowledge exchanges by helping to match the supply and demand for knowledge.
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