Understanding and Leveraging the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework: A Toolkit for MENA CSOs

Writer: Mariya Sahnouni

This guide, in its third part, is designed to address a critical area for civil society organizations (CSOs) across the Arab region: understanding and engaging with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and its Environmental and Social Standards (ESS). Building on the foundation laid in the previous toolkits, where the first part focused on navigating the World Bank’s website and locating/understanding project-related documents, and the second part focused on explaining the WB’s different lending instruments, this part provides a more in-depth look at how the Bank, through its ESF, ensures that projects financed through Investment Project Financing (IPF) align with sustainable development goals.

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