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The World Bank has intensified its contribution to the response to forced displacement, providing financing to support host countries and promoting the inclusion of refugee populations in national systems. Through the Service for Receiving Communities and Refugees, the World Bank works directly with host governments to define development needs and priority areas for investment. However, there are challenges in coordinating with humanitarian organizations and in the meaningful participation of refugees to ensure that investments have a tangible impact on their lives and host communities. [Extracted from the article]

The World Bank has become a prominent player in forced displacement response. The Bank could strengthen its contribution further through better coordination with humanitarian agencies and more meaningful refugee participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the Refugee representatives should form 50 percent of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Executive Committee to ensure that the UN Refugee Agency is governed by the people it exists to serve. It discusses that Humanitarian actors from States to UN bodies to civil society groups are assessing progress in implementing the World Humanitarian Summit's Grand Bargain commitment to localisation.