The PID MDTF puts a special emphasis on mainstreaming the cross-cutting themes across all PID projects. Among the World Bank’s cross-cutting initiatives, most relevant to the PID MDTF portfolio are (a) addressing and narrowing gender gaps, (b) promoting citizen engagement, and (c) strengthening resilience to climate change.
The past few years have seen exceptional stresses on Palestinian women, who already face existing challenges with structural and normative inequities.
PID MDTF has increased its efforts to address and narrow gender gaps identified.
Citizen engagement (CE) is defined by the World Bank as the two-way interaction between citizens and governments that gives citizens a stake in decision-making with the objective of improving development outcomes.
The PID MDTF has supported the PA in strengthening CE by promoting grievance redress, complaints, and feedback mechanisms across sectors, and supporting awareness raising and public engagement campaigns.
All projects approved since FY19 are reporting on citizen engagement indicators in their Implementation Status and Results Reports (ISRs).
A three-year programmatic ASA on CE and Social Inclusion ran from FY22 to FY25. It strengthened the work of the WB&G program on socially sustainable and inclusive development, focusing on three areas:
The WB&G is highly vulnerable to climate change. The World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan for 2021-2025 and the Middle East & North Africa Climate Road Map for 2021-2025 focus on the integration of climate and development goals.
The PID MDTF’s co-financed projects support and facilitate priority measures for climate adaptation and mitigation.
As of July 2025, the PID has climate co-benefits of 68 percent, exceeding the corporate target of 45 percent.
Last Updated: Mar 28, 2024
