STATE AND PEACEBUILDING FUND

Central Asia: Development Approaches for Preventing Violent Extremism ($500,000) supports the study of specific risks associated with recruitment of young men and women into violent extremism (VE) in Central Asian Countries, with an initial focus on Tajikistan. Read More

Philippines: Attaining Just and Lasting Peace ($1,250,000) provides the Government of the Philippines, peace partners, and the World Bank teams with timely access to technical assistance, just-in-time advisory services, and global knowledge products designed to support the peace and development agenda.

Zimbabwe Immediate Transition Support Program ($1,000,000) supports the strategy design for Zimbabwe's complex transition following the change in leadership.  Read more

Central America: Youth Employment and Crime and Violence ($300,000) builds knowledge on strategies to improve the labor market prospects of at-risk youth in highly violent contexts in Honduras.

South Sudan: The Dynamics of South Sudan’s Conflict Economy ($600,000) aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the conflict dynamics in South Sudan and their implications for agricultural production and food security; migration and human trafficking; spillovers to neighboring countries; informal trade and financing flows; and investments in illicit activities.

Ukraine: Conflict Response and Recovery Pilot and Capacity Building ($3,200,000) enhances recovery and peacebuilding by improving the capacity of the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons to address the development impacts of the conflict, and fulfill its strategy, planning, and coordination mandate.

Armenia:  Support to Conflict Affected Families ($3,720,000 ) supports the  Government of Armenia to develop a broader social protection response package to improve the resilience of conflict affected people and reduce the financial burden of host families, with a particular focus on women and vulnerable members of the population. The grant is being implemented through development partners and non-governmental organizations. 

Bangladesh: Cox’s Bazar Rapid Impact, Vulnerability and Needs Assessment ($100,000). There are now close to one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, a situation that poses multiple risks to regional peace and stability. The SPF grant supports an assessment of the impacts, vulnerabilities, needs, and gaps under the current and potential refugee influx and disaster scenarios. The assessment also provides a framework for short, medium, and long-term interventions.

Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda: Operationalizing Forced Displacement Program ($2,400,000) supports the Governments of Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) pilot countries- including Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda- in their continued efforts to implement progressive policy environments that can enhance refugees’ self-reliance, and reduce poverty in host communities.

Uganda: Evidence-Based and Comprehensive Response to Forced Displacement ($2,200,000) contributes to the sustainability of the government’s policies and practices by strengthening the evidence base and institutional capacity of key agencies.

Mali: Joint UN-World Bank Project on Jobs for Youth ($1,000,000) informs the design of effective support to Jobs for Youth, promoting stabilization in Mali’s conflict areas while advancing joint World Bank-UN work on jobs in FCV contexts.

Lake Chad Region: Cross-border Collaboration ($450,000) builds the foundations for a regional recovery and development strategy for the Lake Chad region, in line with the WBG-UN Strategic Partnership Framework objective of strengthening collaboration and joint action in post-crisis and humanitarian settings.

Libya: Developing a Framework for Recovery and Peacebuilding in Libya ($750,000) enables a Recovery and Peacebuilding Assessment to support the UN-led peace process in Libya, in response to a request from the Government of National Accord.

West Bank and Gaza: Development Impact Bond for Jobs ($2,000,000) supports the testing of Development Impact Bonds as an innovative financing instrument to incentivize private investment and create jobs. 

Liberia: MSMEs and Rural Finance Post-Ebola Reconstruction ($4,800,000) aims to support the development of a framework to provide finance on sustainable terms to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises; enhance the capacity of local private sector financial institutions to lend profitably to these enterprises; and objectively measure outcomes. Read more 

Lebanon: The Role of Financial Services to Manage the Syrian Refugee Crisis ($500,000) supports analytical work to (i) enhance the knowledge of policymakers on the role of financial services to manage economic instability caused by the Syrian refugee crisis; and (ii) strengthen the economic resilience of vulnerable populations, and refugees in Lebanon. Read more

Grant- making criteria:  The SPF supports a full range of activities including advisory and analytical services, knowledge generation and dissemination, technical assistance, capacity building, service delivery, and preparation and supervision of recipient executed grants. In addition to the SPF objectives and focus areas, these activities are aligned with the World Bank Group's  FCV Strategy, 2020-2025 and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Pivoting to prevention: activities that include tailoring development solutions to FCV causes and consequences, integrating conflict prevention into World Bank operations, or testing approaches to risk mitigation.
• Highly innovative or experimental:  grants and activities that represent an innovative or experimental approach to create unique technical or operational knowledge for working in FCV settings.
• Urgent need: grants that respond to active conflicts, violence, disaster, or other urgent condition.
• Rare opportunity:  activities that support a significant transformative moment; commitments by partners, governments, or other counterparts; and/or other extraordinary developments in the country or region.