This note is a resource for World Bank task teams providing technical assistance to Borrowers on grievance redress mechanisms (GRMs). The first step in strengthening a project-level GRM, after discussing...
In April and May 2020, a first-of-a-kind survey was conducted by the World Bank with project implementation unit (PIU) focal points responsible for the operation of grievance mechanisms (GMs) in World...
As part of a community-driven development project, an electricity generator was placed next to a house in a village. The bedridden woman living in the house and her husband, realizing that the noise of...
This paper explores which factors influence the success of a GM and under what circumstances GMs trigger, or fail to trigger, improvements in project design, changes in power dynamics, or community relations...
This case study examines the grievance redress mechanisms (GRMs) put in place for two World Bank financed projects in the Republic of Rwanda: the Feeder Roads Development Project (FRDP) and the Rwanda...
A grievance mechanism (GM) is a set of procedures and processes to receive, address, and resolve feedback, including complaints, queries, suggestions, and compliments. It is a tool for facilitating the...
This report focuses on training for project implementation units in the Caribbean on stakeholder engagement and consultations.
Grievance Mechanisms is a mechanism, or set of procedures and processes, to be used to address and resolve issues and complaints related to project implementation. Some common characteristics of effective...
In every country, certain individuals and groups find themselves excluded from fully participating in political, economic, and social life. The barriers they face can be systemic or linked to attitudes...
This study assesses Georgia’s national legislation through the lens of the Word Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). The ESF went into effect in 2018, marking a significant step forward in...
This report and the instruments it proposes aim at assisting public administrators in ensuring that their service delivery mechanisms respond to the needs and expectations of citizens. This document summarizes...
The report is structured into five parts. Part one presents the conceptual framework that forms the backdrop for developing citizen-centric service delivery indicators and summarizes what citizen-centric...
A budget is a vital document that lays out a government’s economic priorities in terms of policies and programs. The World Bank team’s preliminary scrutiny of practices aimed at promoting budget literacy...
Countries across the globe are establishing new and improving existing citizen service centers (CSCs) to better serve their citizens. This note provides an overview of recent developmentsimpacting CSC...
This report presents the results of an online survey administered in six southeastern European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The survey was aimed...
This case study analyzes the development of one-stop shops in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from inception of the first one in Ho Chi Minh City in 1995 through the full roll out of this model of integrated...
Ova studija slučaja pruža pregled Gradskog uslužnog centra u Pančevu (GUC) koji, od uspostavljanja 2009. godine, pruža čitav niz opštinskih usluga građanima pod istim krovom. Studija istražuje mere koje...
This note provides practical advice on how to adopt a human rights-based assessment for the design, strategy, and implementation of service delivery by citizen service centers. Designed for World Bank...
Ova studija slučaja pruža pregled Gradskog uslužnog centra u Pančevu (GUC) koji, od uspostavljanja 2009. godine, pruža čitav niz opštinskih usluga građanima pod istim krovom. Studija istražuje mere koje...
This case study analyzes the Huduma Kenya program, under which the Government of Kenya is advancing citizen-centered public service delivery through a variety of channels, including deploying digital technology...