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World Bank to create global partnership for social accountability | The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved in principle the creation of the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA), its latest effort to
support civil society organizations (CSOs), the Washington-based Bank announced on Thursday. The GPSA is a new mechanism to promote social accountability by beneficiary
groups and CSOs in developing countries, and the Bank' s Board will review operational
details of the proposed Partnership in June, the Bank said in a statement. The
Bank plans to invest 20 million U.S. dollars in seed money to create the Partnership
and will work with other partners to raise additional funds. On top of investing
in projects to boost social accountability, the Partnership will also focus on
sharing knowledge of best practice, noted the statement. "The Bank understands
now more than ever that citizen voice and the engagement of project beneficiaries
are crucial for lasting development results," said World Bank President Robert
Zoellick. In a speech at the Washington-based think tank Peterson Institute for
International Economics a year ago, Zoellick spoke of the need for a new social
contract to improve domestic accountability and constructive engagement between
citizens and their governments. He announced that the Bank would explore with
its shareholders the means to support CSOs working on social accountability, and
the GPSA is a direct result of that pledge. Current Bank-supported social accountability
work includes the use of community scorecards to help reduce child mortality in
Uganda , and public participation in local budgeting in the Democratic Republic
of Congo so citizens can have a say where their money is going.
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