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Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Framework: Enhancing CIWA’s Effectiveness in Fragile Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa

2. Mitigation
Identify and substantiate Identify potential
the drivers of fragility that measures contributions to
have an impact on water development an d
cooperation peacebuilding
Identify mitigating
measures based on the
1. Drivers identified drivers 3. Contributions to
peace & stability

Figure 1: CIWA Framework: Analysis, Actions, and Contributions to Peace

2. World Bank approach to FCV CIWA has a comparative advantage at the World Bank to
working across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
through transboundary WRM/D, which requires integrated
In 2021, the World Bank launched the World Bank long-term development considerations of institutional
Group Strategy for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence 2020- support and sustainability and to work to reduce the natural
2025⁶ with the objective of enhancing its effectiveness in resource/economic drivers of conflicts.
supporting countries to address the drivers and impacts
of FCV and strengthen their resilience. The Strategy, The approach Paper Advancing Gender Engagement
which is critical to achieving the World Bank’s mission of and Closing Gender Gaps in Fragile, Conflict and
creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet, set Violent Situations, highlights specific challenges and
out a new framework for understanding FCV and a robust risks from the perspective of gender that need to be
set of measures to increase the effectiveness of the taken into consideration. It is equally important to apply
World Bank’s development support to both low- and a social inclusion perspective by considering the specific
middle-income countries that are dealing with diverse risks and challenges faced by vulnerable populations for
challenges across the FCV spectrum, including high levels each context.
of violence, shocks from forced displacement, and
subnational conflict. The Risk and Resilience Assessments (RRAs) led by the
World Bank FCV Group highlight the relevance of
An essential premise of the Strategy is that, given the transboundary waters in the current fragility scenario⁸
diversity of FCV challenges, there is no one-size-fits-all and the need to develop granular sector-specific notes
approach. Operating in FCV settings is challenging because to help inform the regional integration portfolio and
of often rapidly changing circumstances, differing levels of pipeline and to provide additional detail to Task Teams
insecurity, fragile and volatile political situations, on how to design and implement FCV-sensitive
macroeconomic instability, low institutional capacity, a projects in fragile regional contexts.⁹ A 2022 World
weak enabling and investment climate for the private Bank report, Defueling Conflict: Environment and Natural
sector, higher risks of violence against vulnerable Resource Management as a Pathway to Peace, highlights
populations, and significantly higher risks and costs of environment-conflict dynamics to help integrate them
engagement.⁷ The Strategy’s four pillars of engagement are more broadly into World Bank interventions in FCV and
designed to strengthen the World Bank’s Environmental is key to understanding the development objectives of
and Social Framework (ESF) and address challenges across the CIWA FCV Framework.
the full spectrum of FCV: Pillar 1—Preventing violent
conflict and interpersonal violence, Pillar 2—Remaining In August 2021, the World Bank approved the
engaged during crises and active conflicts, Pillar 3—Helping Development Cooperation and Fragility, Conflict, and
countries transition out of fragility, and Pillar 4—Mitigating Violence policy (FCV Policy). The FCV Policy sets forth the
the spillovers of FCV. In-line with these pillars, the WBG is operational framework for the Bank's engagements in FCV
increasing its focus on gender equality in FCV, in alignment situations.¹⁰ Relevant to the scope of the CIWA FCV
with the WBG Gender Strategy (2016-2023). Gender Framework is that the FCV Policy clarifies that any
inequalities tend to be magnified in FCV settings where engagement in peacebuilding activities should be consistent
harmful gender norms and heightened gender-based with the World Bank’s mandate and based on a robust
violence, including sexual exploitation and abuse, combine development rationale, the World Bank’s comparative
with lack of access to health, education, and employment. advantage, and core development competencies. It also
Because the share of women-headed households tends to reinforces that understanding drivers of fragility, sources of
increase during and after violence and conflict, promoting resilience, and the way in which they relate to the World
economic opportunities for women is key. CIWA prioritizes Bank’s mission of development and poverty reduction is
addressing gender norms that drive inequalities and closing central to the success of its country and regional
gender gaps in voice and agency in WRM/D. engagements, analytics, and operational interventions.

⁶ ⁷ World Bank 2020. World Bank Group Strategy for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence 2020–2025 (English). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
⁸ The example for Lake Chad can be found here: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/099015001172333847/p17587202888020f209a4f0fc4dbab55ac8
⁹ See: Horn of Africa Risk and Resilience Assessment Final Report (internal document).
¹⁰ This Policy replaces OP 2.30 (Development Cooperation and Conflict) and is to be read together with OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies).

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