Factsheet: World Bank Group Stakeholder Consultations in Pakistan | Country Partnership Framework 2022-2026
A. Objective
Led by the World Bank Group (WBG), a series of consultative discussions and surveys began in December 2020. These discussions will continue until February 2021, with the purpose to engage and hear from all stakeholders to share inputs on Pakistan's development priorities. To learn more, see also the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the CPF and how to share your ideas. The online survey is open from December 15 through February 19, 2021, available in Urdu or English. [Click to participate: English | Urdu]
B. Country Partnership Framework | Overview
A Country Partnership Framework (CPF) is the central tool of the World Bank Group for reviewing and guiding the WBG's country programs and gauging their effectiveness. The CPF identifies the key objectives and development results through which the WBG intends to support a member country in its efforts to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. When preparing a CPF, the WBG starts from the member country's own vision of its development goals, which are laid out in a poverty focused national development strategy. The WBG and the country draw upon the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) to develop the CPF objectives together; deriving them from those country development goals that reflect the WBG's comparative advantage; as well as alignment with the twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity and taking into account opportunities for leveraging the private sector to provide sustainable solutions to development problems. The CPF then outlines a selective and flexible program that will help the country achieve the CPF objectives.